num_pages: 119
description: Set in a villa in the hills above Florence, this moving novel reveals the power of desperate love. Mary Panton ignores her desires as she contemplates her loveless marriage, but a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that destroys her serenity.
language: English
title: Up at the Villa
titlecomplete: Up at the Villa
characters: Mary Panton, Princess San Ferdinando, Karl Richter, Rowley Flint, Sir Edgar Swift
genres: Fiction, Italy, British Literature, Classic Literature, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Novella
ratings_count: 6480
publisher: Bantam Books