EAN: 9781472223883

MAGGIE OFARRELL - GEBRAUCHT THE MARRIAGE PORTRA...

The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet  The Marriage Portrait
is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality.  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.

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