The Marriage Portrait. First Printing

O'Farrell, Maggie

ISBN 10: 1472223845 / ISBN 13: 9781472223845

Published by London. Tinder Press/Headline Publishing Group, 2022

About this Item

London. Tinder Press/Headline Publishing Group. 2022. First Edition/First Printing (1 printed under first published 2022 to copyright page). Hard Cover. Medium 8vo 9½" x 6  [24cm x 15cm] approx. 432 pp and author's note to the rear. Dark green cloth boards with tiger vignette to the upper board and gilt titles to the spine. Snake design to the endpapers. Jacket artwork by Emma Ewbank. The book is square and firmly bound. No previous ownership inscriptions or remainder marks The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners and spine ends sharp. The pages and closed page edges are clean. The dust jacket is crisp and complete and unclipped at £25. The colours are bright, fresh and unfaded, corners and spine ends are sharp. Book and jacket are as new. Winter, 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. The dust jacket will be protected with a new inert archival Brodart sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Marriage Portrait. First Printing
• Publisher: London. Tinder Press/Headline Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472223845
• ISBN 13: 9781472223845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

The breathtaking new novel from the author of Hamnet , the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller (2021) and winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality.

'O'Farrell is simply outstanding' Guardian

'Her writing is exquisite. Immersive and compelling' Marian Keyes

'Someone swore that, as a little girl, he once saw you touch a tiger. And that the tiger didn't harm you, it let you stroke it. It was always said that you had charmed the beast.'

Winter, 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. I 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.

What 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.

The Marriage Portrait is an unforgettable reimagining of the life of a young woman whose proximity to power places her in mortal danger.