The Marriage Portrait
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'I thought I had made myself clear. I want something that conveys
her majesty, her bloodline. Do you understand? She is no ordinary
mortal. Treat her thus.'Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third
daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at
will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine
workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to
Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is
thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request
her hand in marriage, and her father to accept on her behalf.Having
barely left girlhood, 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 husband
himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate her appears 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
uncomfortable finery for the painting which is 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 Ferrarese dynasty. Until then, for all
of her rank and nobility, her future hangs entirely in the balance.
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O'Farrell Maggie ,
Tinder Press
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O'Farrell Maggie,
Tinder Press
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Headline Publishing Group
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