The Marriage Portrait
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The breathtaking new novel from the no. 1 bestselling author of Hamnet! 'I thought I had made myself clear. I want something that conveys her majesty, her bloodline. Do you understand? She is no ordin...
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The breathtaking new novel from the no. 1 bestselling author of Hamnet! 'I thought I had made myself clear. I want something that conveys her majesty, her bloodline. Do you understand? She is no ordinary mortal. Treat her thus.' Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father to accept on her behalf.
Having barely left girlhood, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate he appears before their wedding, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble? As Lucrezia sits in uncomfortable finery for the painting which is to preserve her image for centuries to come, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court's eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferrarese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, her future hangs entirely in the balance ... The Marriage Portrait is an unforgettable reimagining of the life of a young woman whose proximity to power places her in mortal danger. A dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality.
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Forlag
Tinder Press
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0
ISBN
9781472223852
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
448
Udgivelsesdato
30-08-2022
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3047547
EAN nr.
9781472223852
Varegruppe
Fiction
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