Saracinesca

Saracinesca (1887) is a novel by Francis Marion Crawford that was originally serialized in Blackwoods Magazine. It is an epic tale of history, family, and romance set in Rome during a time of immense cultural change. The protagonist, Don Giovanni Saracinesca, is an unusual character who remains unmarried in his early thirties and refuses to adhere to aristocratic tradition. He is deeply in love with a married woman, the Duchessa Corona dAstrardente, who married an older man when she was young. Despite their social differences, the two continue to meet and risk their lives and reputations for the sake of their love.

Format: Hardback
Length: 374 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2022
Publisher: West Margin Press

Saracinesca (1887) is a novel by Francis Marion Crawford, originally serialized in Blackwoods Magazine. It became the first in a series of four novels, followed by SantIlario (1889), Don Orsino (1892), and Corleone (1897). Saracinesca is an epic tale of history, family, and romance set in Rome during a time of immense cultural change. In the year 1865, Rome was still largely its old self, lacking the modern air that would later pervade it. The city was divided on the basis of class, with church and state vying for control over the people. Don Giovanni Saracinesca, an unusual character, defies the expectations of his friends and family by remaining unmarried in his early thirties and refusing to adhere to aristocratic tradition. In reality, he is deeply in love with a married woman, the Duchessa Corona dAstrardente, who married the Duca, a much older man, when she was young. Despite her strong feelings for Giovanni, she knows that her station in life will not allow an affair. Despite this, the two continue to meet, risking both life and reputation for the sake of love.

Saracinesca is the first in a series of novels set in Italy by Francis Marion Crawford, a master of romance with a talent for detailed historical research. Although his reputation as a novelist has largely faded in recent years, Crawford was a bestselling author in his time and received glowing reviews for many of his novels and stories. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Francis Marion Crawford's Saracinesca is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Dimension: 203 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781513133508