If you are an avid reader of New York Social Diary, you already know David Patrick Columbia. If you just enjoy gossip about the powerful, the rich, the famous, and all those who aspire to be part of 'society,' he is the man for you.

Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live a refined life in Europe, surrounded by art. Maggie marries impoverished Italian Prince Amerigo, while Adam marries Maggie's friend Charlotte Stant. The Prince and Charlotte are having an affair, which Maggie discovers and navigates through a silent, psychological battle of wills, ultimately using her cunning to preserve her marriage and protect her father.