Moonfleet is an adventure novel which takes place in England in the year 1757. It is the story of a 15 year old boy named John Trenchard who lives in the small town called Moonfleet. John lives with his aunt, Mrs. Arnold as his parents have died. John has some older friends in town who, he discovers, have a secret means of making money. This is revealed to him when he finds a tunnel that leads to a crypt containing some coffins of extremely important people in the city’s history, one of which is the infamous pirate, Blackbeard. John discovers that his friends, Ratsey and Elzevir, are smugglers, and the crypt is their hiding spot. While concealed in the crypt, fearing his friends’ discovery of him, John finds a locket containing some bible
