The Heart of Rome: A Tale of the "Lost Water"
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Under a Roman palace runs the Lost Water — an underground stream from the aqueducts — and above it a family is being sold up, and somebody is looking for what was hidden when the money went. Crawford lived above Sorrento and wrote more than forty books at a pace his publishers could not keep up with; the Rome under Rome in this one is real, and he had been down there. Fifty-eight plates by painters from Munch to Signorini follow the same Italian light and water through the streets, olive groves and family rooms of the story.
Under a Roman palace runs the Lost Water — an underground stream from the aqueducts — and above it a family is being sold up, and somebody is looking for what was hidden when the money went. Crawford lived above Sorrento and wrote more than forty books at a pace his publishers could not keep up w...
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F. Marion Crawford (1854–1909) was an American novelist who lived and worked primarily in Italy. His works include the supernatural novel The Witch of Prague, and the Italian-set novels Sant' Ilario, The Heart of Rome, and Via Crucis.
F. Marion Crawford (1854–1909) was an American novelist who lived and worked primarily in Italy. His works include the supernatural novel The Witch of Prague, and the Italian-set novels Sant' Ilario, The Heart of Rome, and Via Crucis.
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