{"product_id":"the-marriage-portrait","title":"THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the winter of 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 in the icy hall it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso has a sinister purpose in bringing her here: he intends to kill her.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLucrezia is sixteen years old and has led a sheltered life, locked away inside Florence's grandest \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epalazzo\u003c\/i\u003e, guarded by her father's soldiers and her mother's ladies-in-waiting. Here in this remote villa, however, she is entirely at the mercy of her increasingly erratic husband.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat is Lucrezia to do with this sudden knowledge? What chance does she have against Alfonso, the ruler of a province, and a trained soldier? How can she ensure her survival?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Marriage Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid evocation of the beauty and brutality of Renaissance Italy, and of a young woman whose proximity to power places her in mortal danger.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047854063963,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/30_8eee7646-fc89-4a9a-a110-b68181a2a78d.jpg?v=1692976617","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/the-marriage-portrait","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}