{"product_id":"b09s6f4mrk","title":"The Marriage Portrait: the Instant Sunday Times Bestseller, Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023\u003cbr\u003e\nA Reese's Bookclub December Pick (2022)\u003cbr\u003e\nAn Instant  Sunday Times ,  New York Times  and  Irish Times  Bestseller (August 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\nA  Guardian  and LitHub Book of the Year (December 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Her narrative enchantment will wrest suspense and surprise out of a death foretold'  Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Ingenious, inventive, humane, wry, truthful . . . better than her last novel'  Scotsman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Finely written and vividly imagined'  Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'In O'Farrell's hands, historical detail comes alive'  Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\nWinter, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nLucrezia 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\n\n\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\n\n\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","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52760023236824,"sku":"YSL21080","price":3.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/91s6NPfR7HL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792640755","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b09s6f4mrk","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}