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From the author of the acclaimed national bestseller Amagansett comes an even more remarkable novel set in the Tuscan hills: the story of two murders, four hundred years apart-and the ties that bind them together. Adam Banting, a somewhat aimless young scholar at Cambridge University, is... read more
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Characters edit
- Adam Strickland: The novel's protagonist and Cambridge University scholar in the Art History Department. Nicknamed "Paddler" by Harry, Adam's brother.
- Crispin Leonard: Elderly Cambridge professor and art historian who offers Adam an opportunity to research a Tuscan villa's garden, which he chooses as the subject of his graduate thesis.
- Signora Francesca Docci: Professor Leonard's old friend and owner of Villa Docci who offers to one of his student an opportunity to research the villa's gardens.
- Maria: Signora Docci's cook and housekeeper.
- Signora Fanelli: Attractive widow who is renting a room to Adam while he is in San Casciano.
- Frederico Docci: Original owner of Villa Docci who created the villa's gardens.
- Flora Bonfadio: Frederico Docci's wife who died one year after Frederico purchased Villa Docci.
- Harry Strickland: Adam's older brother.
- Fausto: Patron of Signora Fanelli's bar who was a member of a partisan group who assisted the Allies during WWII.
- Foscolo: Signora Docci's handyman
- Antonella: Signora Docci's granddaughter.
- Maurizio: Signora Docci's younger son and partisan during the Second World War; Emilio's brother
- Emilio: Signora Docci's older son, a Fascist who allegedly had been killed by a German during the Second World War.
- Chiara: Maurizio's wife
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This novel's setting is primarily the Tuscany region of 1958 Italy.
- Cambridge University: The site of the novel's opening chapter.
- San Casciano: A town located in the province of Florence near which the Villa Docci is located.
- Villa Docci: Signora Docci's home.
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He was known, primarily, for his marrows.
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- Mark Mills (Author)
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