{"product_id":"the-marriage-portrait","title":"The Marriage Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Reese's Bookclub December Pick (2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Instant Sunday Times, New York Times and Irish Times Bestseller (August 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Guardian and LitHub Book of the Year (December 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Every bit as evocative and spellbinding as Hamnet. O'Farrell, thank God, just seems to be getting better and better' i newspaper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Her narrative enchantment will wrest suspense and surprise out of a death foretold' Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ingenious, inventive, humane, wry, truthful . . . better than her last novel' Scotsman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Finely written and vividly imagined' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In O'Farrell's hands, historical detail comes alive' Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinter, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucrezia 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marriage Portrait is an unforgettable reimagining of the life of a young woman whose proximity to power places her in mortal danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggie O'Farrell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46959831908406,"sku":"974","price":1270.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/diamond-pub.com\/products\/the-marriage-portrait","provider":"Diamond Pub","version":"1.0","type":"link"}