The Leopard Characters

Triple P (Proud, Powerful Prince)The first things we learn about Prince Fabrizio are that he's proud and he's huge enough to intimidate anyone who looks the wrong way at him. At first, it's actuall...

Princess Stella ain't exactly front and center in this book. In the few times that she's mentioned, she's always described as an emotional, loyal wife who loves and respects her husband almost to a...

Bendicò is Prince Fabrizio's beloved Great Dane whose main interests include sniffing people's groins and digging ups flowerbeds. But even though he's not all that well behaved, he still gives com...

Tancredi is your typical charming and handsome Italian boy. He's technically Prince Fabrizio's nephew, but Fab thinks of him more as a son. In fact, he often wonders if he allows Tancredi to get aw...

Angelica is your classic rags-to-riches kind of character. Yes, she's the daughter of a mayor, but her family has been dirt poor for as long as anyone can remember. Plus it takes a lot more than qu...

For a lot of this book, Father Pirrone is basically the voice of Christian morality who hangs around Prince Fabrizio to tell him when he's acting against God's will. Prince Fabrizio doesn't seem to...

Concetta is Prince Fabrizio's eldest daughter. She is also the only one of Fabrizio's children who gets much airtime in this book. She is generally a shy, proud girl. She is totally in love with he...

In a nutshell, Duke Paolo is Prince Fabrizio's spoiled, good-for-nothing son. He's lazy, entitled, and bitter about the fact that his family is going to lose its status when Sicily becomes part of...

Don Calogero is, in the words of Prince Fabrizio, the "new man" of Italy. He's a scheming capitalist who knows how to squeeze a situation for every penny it's worth. Because of this attitude, Don C...