The Money Moon is a delightful love story. To defeat the "Haunting Spectre of the Might Have Been," the American wealthy hero, George Bellow, goes on a walking tour of the Kent countryside. George finds his ideal "Arcadia" and true love along the road while making friends with a little kid on a quest to find a fortune to save his Aunt Anthea from having to sell the family land.Mutual acquaintances in New York, Newport, and elsewhere eagerly anticipated word of their engagement while Sylvia Marchmont traveled to Europe, followed by George Bellew who was eager to test his newest boat at the same time. They were greatly shocked to find that she would soon wed the Duke of Ryde. Some predicted that he would blow himself up, while others said that he may wed an undesirable "young person" who was unknown. Those who take the time to flip the following pages will learn to what extent these honorable ladies were correct or incorrect in their assumptions.
From 1907 until he died in 1952, Jeffery Farnol (10 February 1878 - 9 August 1952) was a British author. He is renowned for penning more than 40 romantic books, many of which are set during the Georgian or English Regency eras, as well as swashbucklers. He and Georgette Heyer were primarily responsible for creating the Regency romance genre. The son of Henry John Farnol, a brass caster who worked in a factory, and Kate Jeffery, John Jeffery Farnol was born in Aston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. He has a sister and three brothers. His early years were spent in Kent and London. After being let go from his position at a Birmingham metalworking business, he enrolled at the Westminster School of Art. Blanche Wilhelmina Victoria Hawley (1883-1955), the 16-year-old daughter of renowned New York scenic designer H. Hughson Hawley, was married to him in 1900. They moved to the US, where he was employed as a scene painter. After a protracted battle with cancer, Farnol passed away in Eastbourne on August 9, 1952, at the age of 74.
