02171nam a22002297a 4500003001700000005001700017008004100034020001800075040000700093041001200100082001700112100002800129245002200157260002700179300002500206365006200231520142200293650004301715942001201758999001901770952015201789St Aloysius Coll20260122161708.0260119b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781472223883  cAL  aEnglish  a823.92bOFAM  aMaggie Ofarrell9252258  aMarriage portrait  aUKbTinder Pressc2022  a438p.bPBc19.5x13cm  2Generala5468b₹559.00c₹d₹699.00e20%f10/01/2026  aShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 A Reese's Bookclub December Pick (2022) An Instant Sunday Times, New York Times and Irish Times Bestseller (August 2022) A Guardian and LitHub Book of the Year (December 2022) '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' Scotsman 'Finely written and vividly imagined' Guardian 'In O'Farrell's hands, historical detail comes alive' Spectator 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.  2LiteratureaEnglish Literature9251760  2ddccBK  c240793d240793  00102ddc40708MAENGaSACPGbSACPGd2026-01-14eBiblios Book Pointg559.00l0o823.92 OFAMpPG025161r2026-01-19 19:21:54v699.00w0000-00-00yBK