{"product_id":"f-marion-crawford-a-short-story-collection","title":"F Marion Crawford - A Short Story Collection","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWell travelled American author Crawford studied at Cambridge, Rome, Harvard, Heidelberg and others, his travels and knowledge of cultures helped shape his incredible short stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Richard Mitchley(Unabridged: 5hrs 24mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by F Marion Crawford \u0026amp; many more\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFrancis Marion Crawford, an only child, was born on 2nd August 1854 at Bagni di Lucca, Italy. He was a nephew to Julia Ward Howe, the American poet and writer of ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrawford was educated at St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire and then on to Cambridge University, the University of Heidelberg and the University of Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1879 he went to India, to study Sanskrit and then to edit The Indian Herald. In 1881 he returned to America to continue his Sanskrit studies at Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis family became increasingly concerned about his employment prospects. After an attempt at a singing career as a baritone was ruled out, he was encouraged to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn December 1882 his first novel, ‘Mr Isaacs’, was published and was an immediate hit as was his second novel ‘Dr Claudius’ in 1883.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn October 1884 he married Elizabeth Berdan and encouraged by his excellent start to a literary career they returned to Sant Agnello, Italy to make a permanent home, buying the Villa Renzi that then became Villa Crawford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1890s, Crawford began work on his historical works which would later include ‘Corleone’, in 1897, the first major treatment of the Mafia in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrawford is also exceedingly popular and anthologized as a short story writer of bizarre and creepy tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrancis Marion Crawford died at Sorrento on Good Friday 1909 at Villa Crawford of a heart attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e01 - F Marion Crawford - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e02 - The Dead Smile by F Marion Crawford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e03 - The Screaming Skull by F Marion Crawford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e04 - Man Overboard by F Marion Crawford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e05 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e06 - The Upper Berth by F Marion Crawford\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44457101066318,"sku":"AB-45493","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781803545493.jpg?v=1791186376","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/en-gb\/products\/f-marion-crawford-a-short-story-collection","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}