The Marriage Portrait

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Maggie O'Farrell x{0026}lt;/B nació en Irlanda del Norte en 1972 y creció en Gales y Escocia. Tras el éxito de su galardonada primera novela, x{0026}lt;I After You'd Gone,x{0026}lt;/I abandonó su carrera de periodista para consagrarse a la escritura. A su primer libro seguirían: x{0026}lt;I My Lover's Loverx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I The Distance Between Usx{0026}lt;/I , nominada al Somerset Maugham Award. x{0026}lt;I La extraña desaparición de Esme Lennoxx{0026}lt;/I es su cuarta novela y ha sido elegida Mejor Libro del Año por el x{0026}lt;I Washington Postx{0026}lt;/I .x{0026}lt;/P