Francis Marion Crawford
Male : Novelist. Brother
of Mrs Hugh Fraser. Reputedly spoke 16 languages and travelled
extensively. He was the most successful American novelist of his time.
Married Elizabeth Berdan in 1884. He lived in Sorrento from 1885
Nationality : American
Place of Birth : Tuscany, Italy
Date of Birth : 1854 Date of Death : 1909 Age : 55
Other Work : Editor of the Indian Herald in Allahabad 1879-80
Education : Trinity College, Cambridge, Heidelberg University & Harvard
1882-1885
Our Silver (1881 Douglas Taylor, US) - pamphlet
Mr Isaacs : A Modern Tale of India (1882 Macmillan) (1882 Macmillan NY)
Doctor Claudius : A True Story (1883 Macmillan) (1883 Macmillan NY)
To Leeward (1884 Chatpman & Hall) - 2 vols (1884 Houghton Mifflin)
A Roman Singer (1884 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1884 Houghton Mifflin)
An American Politician (1884 CHapman & Hall) - 2 vols (1885 Houghton Mifflin)
Zoroaster (1885 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1885 Macmillan NY)
1886-1890
A Tale of a Lonely Parish (1886 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1886 Macmillan NY)
Saracinesca (1887 Wm Blackwood) - 3 vols (1887 Macmillan NY)
Marzio's Crucifix (1887 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1887 Macmillan NY)
Paul Patoff (1887 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1887 Houghton Mifflin)
With the Immortals (1888 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1888 Macmillan NY)
Sant' Ilario (1889 Macmillan) - 3 vols (1889 Macmillan NY)
Greifenstein (1889 Macmillan) - 3 vols (1889 Macmillan NY)
A Cigarette-Maker's Romance (1890 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1890 Macmillan NY)
1891-1895
Khaled : A Tale of Arabia (1891 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1891 Macmillan NY)
The Witch of Prague : A Fantastic Tale (1891 Macmillan) - 3 vols (1891 Macmillan NY) - W J Hennessy
Don Orsino (1892 Macmillan) - 3 vols (1892 Macmillan NY)
The Three Fates (1892 Macmillan) - 3 vols (1892 Macmillan NY)
The Novel and What It Is (1893 Macmillan NY) - 100 Large Paper signed
(1893 Macmillan NY) (1893 Macmillan)
The Children of the King : A Tale of Southern Italy (1893 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1893 Macmillan NY)
Pietro Ghisleri (1893 Macmillan) - 3 vols (1893 Macmillan NY)
Marion Darche (1893 Macmillan) - 2 vols (1893 Macmillan NY)
Katherine Lauderdale (1894 Macmillan) - 3 vols (1894 Macmillan NY) - 2 vols
Love in Idleness : A Bar Harbour Tale (1894 Macmillan NY) - ss. (1894 Macmillan)
The Upper Berth & By the Waters of Paradise (1894 Fisher Unwin) (1894 Putnam, NY) - ss
The Ralstons (1895 Macmillan NY) - 2 vols (1895 Macmillan) - 2 vols
Constantinople (1895 Scribner's NY) (1895 Macmillan)
Casa Braccio (1895 Macmillan NY) - 2 vols (1895 Macmillan) - 2 vols - A Castaigne
1896-1900
Adam Johnstone's Son (1896 Macmillan NY) (1896 Macmillan)
Bar Harbor (1896 Scribner's NY)
Taquisara (1896 Macmillan NY) - 2 vols (1896 Macmillan) - 2 vols
A Rose of Yesterday (1897 Macmillan NY) (1897 Macmillan)
Corleone : A Tale of Sicily (1897 Macmillan NY) - 2 vols (1897 Macmillan) - 2 vols
Ave Roma Immortalis : Studies from the Chronicles of Rome (1898 Macmillan NY) - 2 vols. 150 signed
(1898 Macmillan) - 2 vols
Via Cruscis : A Romance of the Second Crusade (1899 Macmillan NY) + 1000 signed (1899 Macmillan)
In the Palace of the King (1900 Macmillan NY) (1900 Macmillan)
The Rulers of the South : Sicily, Calabria, Malta (1900 Macmillan NY) - 2 vols. Henry Brokman
(1900 Macmillan NY) - 2 vols (1900 Macmillan) - 2 vols
After 1901
Marietta : A Maid of Venice (1901 Macmillan NY) (1901 Macmillan)
Francesca Da Rimini (1902 Macmillan NY) - 12 copies - play
Man Overboard (1903 Macmillan NY) (1903 Macmillan) - ss
The Heart of Rome : A Tale of the Lost Water (1903 Macmillan NY) (1903 Macmillan)
Whosoever Shall Offend (1904 Macmillan NY) (1904 Macmillan)
A Lady of Rome (1906 Macmillan NY) (1906 Macmillan)
Gleanings from Venetian History (1905 Macmillan NY) - 2 vols (1905 Macmillan) - 2 vols
Soprano : A Portrait (1905 Macmillan) (1905 Macmillan NY)
Arethusa (1907 Macmillan NY) (1907 Macmillan)
The Little City of Hope : A Christmas Story (1907 Macmillan NY) (1907 Macmillan)
(1908 Macmillan) - A S Hartrick
The Primadonna (1908 Macmillan NY) (1908 Macmillan)
The Diva's Ruby (1908 Macmillan NY) (1908 Macmillan)
The White Sister (1909 Macmillan NY) (1909 Macmillan)
[Filmed in 1933]
Stradella (1909 Macmillan) (1909 Macmillan NY)
The Undesirable Governess (1910 Macmillan NY) (1910 Macmillan)
Uncanny Tales (1911 Fisher Unwin) (in US as "Wandering Ghosts "(1911 Macmillan NY) - ss
READING
John Pilkington : Francis Marion Crawford (1964 Twayne, US)
John C Moran : An F Marion Crawford Companion (1981 Greenwood Press US)