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Maggie O'Farrell - The Marriage Portrait (2nd Hand Paperback)
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SKU B003388
Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023.
An instant Sunday Times, New York Times and Irish Times Bestseller 2022.
A Guardian and LitHub Book of the Year 2022.
Winter, 1561.
Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso has a sinister purpose in bringing her here.
He intends to kill her.
Lucrezia is sixteen years old, and has led a sheltered life locked away inside Florence's grandest palazzo. Here, in this remote villa, she is entirely at the mercy of her increasingly erratic husband.
What is Lucrezia to do with this sudden knowledge? What chance does she have against Alfonso, ruler of a province, and a trained soldier? How can she ensure her survival.
The Marriage Portrait is an unforgettable reimagining of the life of a young woman whose proximity to power places her in mortal danger.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good
- Category : Fiction - Historical Fiction
- Published : 2022 (This Edition 2023 - Tinder Press)
- ISBN : 9781472223883
- SKU : B003388
- PPC : SP350gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'Every bit as evocative and spellbinding as Hamnet. O'Farrell, thank God, just seems to be getting better and better' - i newspaper.
'Her narrative enchantment will wrest suspense and surprise out of a death foretold' - Financial Times.
'Ingenious, inventive, humane, wry, truthful . . . better than her last novel' - The Scotsman.
'Finely written and vividly imagined' - The Guardian.
'Her writing is exquisite. Immersive and compelling.' - Marian Keyes.
'In O'Farrell's hands, historical detail comes alive' - Spectator.
The Author
Maggie O'Farrell is an Irish-British novelist and author. Her debut novel After You'd Gone received international acclaim and won the Betty Trask Award. Her later novel The Hand That First Held Mine won the 2010 Costa Novel Award.
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