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

Crawford, F. Marion

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517587735 ISBN 13: 9781517587734

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Two young girls sat in a high though very narrow room of the old Moorish palace to which King Philip the Second had brought his court when he finally made Madrid his capital. It was in the month of November, in the afternoon, and the light was cold and grey, for the two tall windows looked due north, and a fine rain had been falling all the morning. The stones in the court were drying now, in patches, but the sky was like a smooth vault of cast lead, closing over the city that lay to the northward, dark, wet and still, as if its life had shrunk down under ground, away from the bitter air and the penetrating damp.

About this title

About the Author:

Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1517587735
• ISBN 13: 9781517587734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142