1902. With frontispiece. F. Marion Crawford was one of the more famous authors in the English-speaking world at the time of his death in 1909. He wrote over forty novels, most of which were in the style of disposable romances popular at the time. He also wrote stories of the horror and occult, which are generally the ones for which he is remembered today. Cecilia begins: Two men were sitting side by side on a stone bench in the forgotten garden of the Arcadian Society, in Rome; and it was in early spring, not long ago. Few people, Romans or strangers, ever find their way to that lonely and beautiful spot beyond the Tiber, niched in a hollow of the Janiculum below San Pietro in Montorio, where Beatrice Cenci sleeps. The Arcadians were men and women who loved poetry in an artificial time, took names of shepherds and shepherdesses, rhymed as best they could, met in pleasant places to recite their verses, and played that the world was young, and gentle, and sweet, and unpoisoned, just when it had declined to one of its recurring periods of vicious old age. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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this is an amazing novel. it is an absolutely beautiful story, with mystery, intrigue,and suspense, mixed with humor and romance. the imagery and the author's choice of words really draws you to rome at the time, and the characters are very believable.i especially love the opening scene in th arcadian garden. it makes you feel as ifyou were part of the story. i highly recommend buying this book!
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Monsieur Leroy, Princess Anatolie, Cecilia Palladio, Countess Fortiguerra, Villa Madama, Don Nicola, Palazzo Massimo, Baron Goldbirn, Lamberto Lamberti, Signor Lamberti, Palazzo Farnese, Santa Croce, South America, Vestal Virgin New!
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