Although born and raised in Italy, Crawford attended colleges in America, England and Germany, in addition to the Roman University. On graduating, he spent a number of years as a journalist in the East Indies and America, before turning to writing novels. In 1882, he published his first, Mr. Isaacs, which was an immediate success and launched his career. He contributed to leading periodicals, such as the Atlantic Monthly, and published over forty novels during his brief career. He produced a play, Francesca da Rimini, and numerous histories, biographies and essays. Crawford was also a master of the supernatural short story and his Uncanny Tales was published posthumously in 1911. His best-known works include Zoroaster (1885), A Tale of a Lonely Parish (1886), Saracinesca (1887), Marzio's Crucifix (1887), Paul Patoff (1887), Greifenstein (1889), Sant' Ilario (1889), A Cigarette Maker's Romance (1890), The Witch of Prague (1891), Don Orsino (1892), Pietro Ghisleri (1893), The Ralstons (1895), Constantinople (1895), Corleone (1897), Via Crucis (1899), In the Palace of the King (1900), Marietta, A Maid of Venice (1901), The Heart of Rome (1903), Whosoever Shall Offend (1904), The Life of Pope Leo XIII (1904), Soprano, A Portrait (1905), Gleanings From Venetian History (1905), Fair Margaret (1905), The Primadonna (1907), and The Diva's Ruby (1908). |
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