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03873cam a2200625 i 4500 001 48FA63E0CF3111EE9084F518253FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20240219081507 008 230712t20232022nyu b 000 f eng 020 $a 0593315081 020 $a 9780593315088 035 $a (OCoLC)1390128136 040 $a GO3 $b eng $e rda $c GO3 $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCL $d SILO 043 $a e-it--- 050 4 $a PR6065.F36 $b M36 2023 082 04 $a 823/.914 $2 23 100 1 $a O'Farrell, Maggie, $d 1972- $e author. $4 aut $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqVPTFH6G9946rk7WRHYP 245 14 $a The marriage portrait / $c Maggie O'Farrell. 250 $a First Vintage Books edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, $c 2023. 300 $a 339 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a First published in 2022 by Afred A. Knopf. 520 $a Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the 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 just as quick to accept on her behalf. Having barely left girlhood behind, Lucrezia must now enter an unfamiliar court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her new husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate he appeared to be 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 constricting finery for a painting intended 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 Ferranese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, the new duchess's future hangs entirely in the balance. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (page 338-339) 600 10 $a Medici, Lucrezia de', $d 1545-1561 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Renaissance $z Florence $z Florence $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Nobility $z Italy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Courts and courtiers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Arranged marriage $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Politicians $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Florence (Italy) $x History $y 1421-1737 $v Fiction. 650 6 $a Renaissance $z Florence $z Florence $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 6 $a Cours et courtisans $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 6 $a Mariage arrangeÌ $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 6 $a Politiciens $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. 651 6 $a Florence (Italie) $x Histoire $y 1421-1737 $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. 648 7 $a 1421-1737 $2 fast 650 7 $a Arranged marriage. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00815057 650 7 $a Courts and courtiers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00881829 650 7 $a Nobility. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01038255 650 7 $a Politicians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069915 650 7 $a Renaissance. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01094518 651 7 $a Italy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204565 651 7 $a Italy $z Florence. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204699 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726537 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726640 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 $n 1 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20240307133846.0 $n 18 $p 2 LP 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20240219085030.0 $n 10 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=48FA63E0CF3111EE9084F518253FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search