In the Palace of the King: A Love Story of Old Madrid

by F. Marion Crawford

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction

376 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels. He was born at Bagni di Lucca, Italy. In 1879 he went to India, where he studied Sanskrit and edited the Allahabad Indian Herald. Returning to America he continued to study Sanskrit at Harvard University for a year, contributed to various periodicals, and in 1882 produced his first novel, Mr Isaacs. This book had an immediate success, and its author's promise was confirmed by the publication of Doctor Claudius: A True Story (1883). After a brief residence in New York and Boston, in 1883 he returned to Italy, where he made his permanent home. He also published the historical works, Ave Roma Immortalis (1898), Rulers of the South (1900) renamed Sicily, Calabria and Malta in 1904, and Gleanings from Venetian History (1905). The Saracinesca series is perhaps known to be his best work, with the third in the series, Don Orsino, set against the background of a real estate bubble, told with effective concision. A fourth book in the series, Corleone, was the first major treatment of the Mafia in literature.

Reviews

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining listening 🎶🔰

Another will written romantic relationships adventure thriller novel by F. Marion Crawford about love 💘 between two people who may not be able to marry. I recommend this novel to readers of romantic novels. Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or listening 🎶 to Alexa as I do. 🏡🔰👒😢 2022

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first Marion Crawford I read, and it resulted in me going out and buying a half-dozen of his works just because I enjoyed the writing so much! The hero dares fall in love with a Spanish lady of rank, and many are the hair's-breadth escapes that ensue.
A tale of old Spain.