francesca

A desperately poor, beautiful peasant girl who is raped and murdered.

Characters

Peter Leverett

A mild-mannered lawyer from Virginia....
Mason Flagg

A dashing, cynical millionaire playboy....
Cass Kinsolving

A brutal, profane, alcoholic painter raised in grinding poverty in rural North Carolina....
Poppy Kinsolving

Casss petite, long-suffering wife and the mother of his chaotic brood of children.more...
Rosemarie

Masons buxom, sexy girlfriend in Italy.more...
Francesca

A desperately poor, beautiful peasant girl who is raped and murdered....
Luigi

An urbane, thoughtful Italian police-officer-cum-philosopher....