The Lost Stradivarius, by John Meade Falkner

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Title: The Lost Stradivarius

Author: John Meade Falkner

Release Date: November 21, 2004 [eBook #14107]

Language: English

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THE LOST STRADIVARIUS

J. MEADE FALKNER

1895

Penguin Books Harmondsworth Middlesex, England 245 Fifth Avenue, New York, U.S.A.

THE AUTHOR

John Meade Falkner was a remarkable character, as he was not only a scholar and a writer, but a captain of industry as well. Born in 1858, the son of a clergyman in Wiltshire, he was educated at Marlborough and Hertford College, Oxford. On leaving the university, he became tutor to the sons of Sir Andrew Noble, then vice-chairman of the Armstrong-Whitworth Company; and his ability so much impressed his employer that in 1885 he was offered a post in the firm. Without connections or influence in industrial circles, and solely by his intellect, he rose to be a director in 1901, and finally, in 1915, chairman of this enormous bu

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