Née en 1972 en Irlande du Nord, Maggie O'Farrell a grandi au pays de Galles et en Écosse. À la suite du succès de son premier roman, Quand tu es parti (2000, rééd. 2017), elle a abandonné sa carrière de journaliste littéraire pour se consacrer à l'écriture. Après La Maîtresse de mon amant (2003), La Distance entre nous (2005), L'Étrange Disparition d'Esme Lennox (2008), Cette main qui a pris la mienne , lauréat du prestigieux Costa Book Award (2011, En cas de forte chaleur (2014), Assez de bleu dans le ciel (2017), I am, I am, I am (2019) et Hamnet , lauréat du Women's Prize for Fiction (2020), Le Portrait de mariage est son dixième livre à paraître chez Belfond. Tous sont repris chez 10/18.
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023
A Reese's Bookclub December Pick (2022)
An Instant Sunday Times, New York Times and Irish Times Bestseller (August 2022)
A Guardian and LitHub Book of the Year (December 2022)
'Every bit as evocative and spellbinding as Hamnet. O'Farrell, thank God, just seems to be getting better and better' i newspaper
'Her narrative enchantment will wrest suspense and surprise out of a death foretold' Financial Times
'Ingenious, inventive, humane, wry, truthful . . . better than her last novel' Scotsman
'Finely written and vividly imagined' Guardian
'In O'Farrell's hands, historical detail comes alive' Spectator
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.
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.
Título : The Marriage Portrait
EAN : 9781472223869
Editorial : Headline
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