num_pages: 147
description: A wonderful story of questioning, disillusionment, and conversion, Where Angels Fear to Tread tells the story of a prim English family's encounter with the foreign land of Italy. When attractive, impulsive English widow Lilia marries Gino, a dashing and highly unsuitable Italian twelve years her junior, her snobbish former in-laws make no attempts to hide their disapproval. But their expedition to face the uncouth foreigner takes an unexpected turn when they return to Italy under tragic circumstances intending to rescue Lilia and Gino's baby.
language: English
title: Where Angels Fear to Tread
titlecomplete: Where Angels Fear to Tread
characters: Irma Herriton, Gino Carella, Lilia Herriton, Caroline Abbott, Harriet Purcell, Mrs. Theobold, Philip Herriton, Mrs. Herriton
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, Italy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance, British Literature
ratings_count: 15716
publisher: Penguin Books