This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. - Format: Paperback
- Author: F. Marion Crawford
- ISBN10: 1406584991
- ISBN13: 9781406584998
Francis Marion Crawford 1854-1909 was an American writer noted for his many novels. He was born at Bagni di Lucca, Italy. In 1879 he went to India, where he studied Sanskrit and edited the Allahabad Indian Herald. Returning to America he continued to study Sanskrit at Harvard University for a year, contributed to various periodicals, and in 1882 produced his first novel, Mr Isaacs. This book had an immediate success, and its authors promise was confirmed by the publication of Doctor Claudius: A True Story 1883 . After a brief residence in New York and Boston, in 1883 he returned to Italy, where he made his permanent home. He also published the historical works, Ave Roma Immortalis 1898 , Rulers of the South 1900 renamed Sicily, Calabria and Malta in 1904, and Gleanings from Venetian History 1905 . The Saracinesca series is perhaps known to be his best work, with the third in the series, Don Orsino, set against the background of a real estate bubble, told with effective concision. A fourth book in the series, Corleone, was the first major treatment of the Mafia in literature.
