Frances Winwar (1900–1985)
Author of Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada (World Landmark Books, W-13)
About the Author
Works by Frances Winwar
The Saint and the Devil; Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais, a Biographical Study in Good and Evil (1948) 17 copies
Italy and her people 2 copies
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaceio 2 copies
Pagan Interval 2 copies
Gallows Hill 1 copy
All About Napoleon Bonaparte 1 copy
Joan Of Arc 1 copy
The Sentimentalist 1 copy
Ruotolo: Man and Artist 1 copy
The Golden Round 1 copy
Ruotolo. Man and Artist 1 copy
Farewell the banner;: " ... three persons and one soul ..." Coleridge, Wordsworth and Dorothy, (1938) 1 copy
La vita del cuore 1 copy
Associated Works
Sonettisti Americani — Introduction — 1 copy
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- Other names
- Grebanier, Frances Vinciguerra
Webb, Frances Vinciguerra
Lazenby, Frances
Vinciguerra, Francesca (birth) - Birthdate
- 1900-05-03
- Date of death
- 1985-07-24
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- novelist
biographer
translator - Relationships
- Jerome, V. J. (1st husband)
Grebanier, Bernard (2nd husband)
Webb, Richard Wilson (3rd husband)
Lazenby, Francis D. (4th husband) - Short biography
- Frances Winwar was born in Sicily and emigrated to the U.S. as a child in 1907. She adopted Winwar, an Anglicized version of her birth name, Vinciguerra, as her pen name. She wrote romantic novels and colorful, bestselling biographies. She was married four times, to writer Victor J. Jerome, educator Bernard Grebanier, mystery novelist Richard Wilson Webb, and classics scholar Dr. Francis D. Lazenby.
- Nationality
- Italy
USA - Birthplace
- Taormina, Sicily, Italy
- Places of residence
- Taormina, Sicily, Italy (birth)
- Place of death
- Florida, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Taormina, Sicily, Italy
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- Works
- 41
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 768
- Popularity
- #33,142
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 19