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Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
d. 1927
A Baltimore novelist and arts patron, she wrote lush historical romances set in Renaissance Venice and moved in the city’s literary circles. Her work is closely tied to her support for poet Sidney Lanier and to the cultural life of late 19th-century Baltimore.
2 Audiobooks
A Golden Book of Venice
by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus
by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
About the author
Francese Hubbard Litchfield Turnbull, better known in print as Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull, was an American novelist born in 1844 and died in 1927. She is remembered for historical fiction including A Golden Book of Venice and The Royal Pawn of Venice, novels that draw on Venetian history and politics.
Beyond her fiction, she was active in Baltimore’s literary life. Sources describe her as a longtime president of the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore and as a patron and admirer of the poet Sidney Lanier, which helps place her among the cultural figures who supported American literature as well as writing it.
She also appears in library and catalog records under her married name, which is why listeners may see both Francese Litchfield Turnbull and Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull attached to her books. That older naming style reflects the period in which her work was published.