The Villa(77)

I always thank my husband in these acknowledgments, but he’s actually earned it this time, since he’s the whole reason we went to Italy in the first place. Thank you for signing up to teach a summer in Rome and for finding the best bus route so that I could go to Percy Shelley’s grave and tell him some things in person.

Thank you, William, for being my favorite travel companion.

And last, thanks to Mary Shelley. I don’t think I need to explain why.