The Battle of the Villa Fiorita Author:Rumer Godden The Villa Fiorita was on Lake Garda in northern Italy. The battle was for Fanny, the children's mother who had gone there with her lover, Rob Quillet, named as co-respondent in her recent divorce. So the children came to get their mother away from him. By the author of "Black Narcissus".
Very well written Rumer Godden novel about a woman who leaves her husband and children for a lover. The two younger children follow her to Italy. Very insightful.