The Lost Stradivarius - by J Meade Falkner (1858-1932)
If the Devil Learnt to Play Violin J.Meade Falkner is probably best known for the novel Moonfleet (1898), set a century or so before, amongst the smugglers of the Dorset coast. Moonfleet was filmed in 1955 and has since been regularly televised. His occult novel The Lost Stradivarius (1895) has now been republished as part of 'British Library Tales of the Weird' , edited with an introduction by Mike Ashley (2025). J.Meade Falkner wrote some five novels and two books of poems. Also a travellers guide to Oxfordshire, and local histories of Oxford and Berkshire. SOCIETY WEBSITE Mr Ashley also includes the fact that J.Meade Falkner became a private tutor to the son of Sir Andrew Noble. Towards the end of the 19th century J.Meade Falkner became a secretary of the armaments company Armstrong Whitwo...