Saracinesca [Hardcover]

Francis Marion Crawford (Author)

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Publication Date: August 18, 2008

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 452 pages
• Publisher: BiblioLife (August 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0554340682
• ISBN-13: 978-0554340685
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good historical romance, July 30, 2009

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This is a romance set in Rome in 1865-6. It's about a prince who loves a duchess, but she's married, and...if I say any more it'll ruin the story for you since the plot isn't very deep. It's very well written and moves along at a good pace.

At the beginning and a couple times later in the book Crawford writes about European politics, and he does it so well that I wish that he did it more. He could have easily given Giovanni some sort of occupation and worked in some intrigue, but he preferred to write page after page about what a character is thinking or feeling.

This book is the first of a tetralogy, and at the end Crawford says that "to carry on the tale from this point would be to enter upon a new series of events more interesting than those herein detailed...," so hopefully the succeeding books will have more to them. (The other books are Sant'Ilario, Don Orsino and Corleone.) This book is well worth reading, though, so I recommend it to anyone who likes romances, especially historic ones.