{"product_id":"the-marriage-portrait","title":"The Marriage Portrait","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'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.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWinter, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLucrezia 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Marriage Portrait is an unforgettable reimagining of the life of a young woman whose proximity to power places her in mortal danger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786985173171,"sku":"9781472223852","price":639.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477329869781472223852.jpg?v=1762811620","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-marriage-portrait","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}