The Marriage Portrait - Fine First Printing
Language: English
Published by Tinder Press, London, 2022
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine, not price clipped (£25.00). Special Edition. 1st \UK edition / 1st printing with number 1 only on copyright page. Waterstones Exclusive Edition with additional content.
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- Title
- The Marriage Portrait - Fine First Printing
- Author
- Maggie O'Farrell
- Publisher
- Tinder Press, London
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1472297628
- ISBN 13
- 9781472297624
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and to devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Moderna and Regio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father just as quick to accept on her behalf.
Having barely left girlhood behind, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her new husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate he appeared to be before their wedding, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble?
As Lucrezia sits in constricting finery for a painting intended to preserve her image for centuries to come, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court’s eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferranese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, the new duchess’s future hangs entirely in the balance.
Full of the drama and verve with which she illuminated the Shakespearean canvas of Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life, and offers an unforgettable portrait of a resilient young woman’s battle for her very survival.
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M&B Books is a partnership between an experienced part-time dealer and a full-time online bookseller – both based in South London. Mick McLean has been selling collectable books at markets and Book Fairs since 1983. Mick sells mainly Modern First Editions with a crime and mystery focus reflecting his own collecting interests. To complement Mick’s depth of experience, Peter Belchamber brings the zeal of the relatively new entrant to book collection and dealing. Peter's interests include thriller writers and adventure stories from the 1920s to the present day, together with historical fiction.…
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M&B Books is a partnership between an experienced part-time dealer and an enthusiastic relative newcomer, now with six year's experience, both based in South London, England. Mick McLean has been selling collectable books at markets and Book Fairs in the UK since 1983. He also once exhibitied at the Rocky Mountain Book Fair in Denver, Co. Mick sells mainly Modern First Editions with a crime and mystery focus reflecting his own collecting interests. To complement Mick’s depth of experience, Peter Belchamber still brings the zeal of the newly converted to book collection and dealing. Peter's interests include historical fiction, thriller writers and adventure stories from the 1960s to the present day. He specialises in complete sets of first editions by authors such as Patrick O'Brian, Allan Mallinson, Anthony Powell, Olivia Manning, Pat Barker, Gerald Seymour, Donna Leon, Colm Toibin, Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Stephen Boyd, and in period books by Dornford Yates. He sells also runs and collections of the New Naturalist series of natural history first editions and illustrated children's books by Arthur Ransome and others.
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