The Marriage Portrait

"The Marriage Portrait" is Maggie O'Farrell’s fabulous fictional portrait of the life of a young duchess in the 1560's Florence.

Lucrezia is the third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici and spends her time wandering around the palazzo gazing at the all its treasures and art. But suddenly her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio and Lucrezia is quickly thrust into the limelight as his new wife. She is only a young woman and is now caught in a world of sophisticated intrigues, ruthless politics and with a duty to supply an heir to the dynasty.

 

Maggie O'Farrell is the award-winning author of the Hamnet-novel and "The Marriage Portrait" is another capitvating fictional historic drama about love and politics in the Italian renaissance.