It can be said without fear of of error, is that Magdalen Nabb had two Italian loves, Florence and Marshal Guarnaccia. Her books seem to vacillate between these two poles. In some of her works, buildings,streets, heat, cold, winds, stagnation are so powerfully described that they overshadow the characters. In others, the personalities of the inhabitants, be they Florentines, Sicilians, Englishmen or other expatriates and even the Marshall are a foil to the solving of the crime.
It is the latter which is more important in this novel. The form of this novel is more demonstrative of the inner turmoil of the Marshal even though it is competing with Florentine football, massive stone structures and a wildly perceptive commentary on Florence and its degenerate noble families and their history vis a vis Sicily. Throughout the gallery of bizarre personalities, there is the emphasis on Guarnaccia as the outsider and his inner torments.
If you have enjoyed the series you will find this work to be off-beat enough to keep you fascinated not only in the mysteries but also the Marshal's interaction with his closest friends and workers and Magdalen Nabb's experimentation with a different form and style of writing.
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