Author: Anna Carolina di Tergolina
Author: Anna Carolina di Tergolina (1831–1889)
Alternate Name(s): Crickmore (maiden name); Countess (title)
Biography: Anna Caroline Eugenia, Countess di Tergolina was born around 1831 in London, the daughter of engineer Thomas Crickmore. Her early life cannot be traced. In 1859, she married Count Vincenzo di Tergolina as his second wife. Her husband lived a rather romantic life: a judge in Venice, he was a supporter of Garibaldi and Italian independence which landed him in a Roman prison for four years (recounted in the Leisure Hour in 1864). Exiled to England, he worked various trades in London including business, authorship, teaching, and inventing (notably a more humane bit for animals). Tergolina spent some time in Italy which she used in her own fiction. Both husband and wife seemed to share Protestant if not anti-Catholic views. The couple died within a few months of each other in 1889 in London.
References: British Census (1871, 1881); Hampstead News (12 August 1915)
Fiction Titles:
- Faithful unto Death: or, Susine and Claude of the Val Pelice. 1 vol. London: James Nisbet, 1870.
- Sketches and Stories of Life in Italy. 1 vol. London: R. T. S., 1871.
- The Gable House. 1 vol. London: R. T. S., 1885.
- Brave Archie. 1 vol. London: R. T. S., 1887.