"Moonfleet was first published in 1898 and has remained a favourite with older children ever since. The story deals, with the adventures of John Trenchard, who tells the tale. He is 15 years of age when the story opens, an orphan, living with a prim aunt in the fishing village of Moonfleet. The time is the closing years of George the Second's reign. Smuggling is carried on extensively, and the boy stumbles upon a hiding place for contraband liquor. At the same time he finds a cipher to the treasure of the Mohune family. In addition, there is the theme of revenge against one who had killed a young boy of the smuggling gang. This villain has one daughter for whom our hero has early sympathy, and later love. With these ingredients, not to mention travel, fights, intrigues, slavery, escape and a happy return to Moonfleet, this book offers as breathtaking a yarn as any rightminded person could wish to read.

It is, however, no mere "blood and thunder" story. It is written with a sober beauty which recalls Defoe, and the character of John Trenchard shines with a sweet and wholesome simplicity."
The Times Educational Supplement

"An excellent, and very welcome, new edition of Moonfleet. Without the padding and over writing which puts off so many children, the story is now fast moving and exciting, and will appeal to children of all ages.
COLIN DANN, Winner of the National Award for Children's Literature

ISBN: 0 903445 94 8
192pp Hardback
Our RRP £6.95