The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Groundswell Speaker 2024 But there's a price to

But there's a price to pay for using this blood skill

Virago ISBN: 9780860681298Extent: 368 pages

religious extremism and royal collapse

text and images from the key players are woven together to reveal not only the details behind the creation

Her name is not Nina

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Groundswell Speaker 2024 But there's a price toWinter, 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.