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It was a choice to make the heroine Catholic. So far the portrayal holds true, but we'll see if the author continues to be realistic.

Love these books, so I'm doing a reread, but I have to point out the historical- if not inaccuracy at least improbability of the heroine being 5 ft. 4 in. and thinking herself "hardly substantial." The average Italian woman in 1880 was 5 ft. and even though the heroine is Northern Italian: they're usually taller, no woman in 1880 would have thought herself petite at 5 ft. 4 in. That is the average height today.