{"product_id":"the-marriage-portrait","title":"The Marriage Portrait - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLucrezia is sixteen years old and has led a sheltered life, locked away inside Florence's grandest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003epalazzo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40083985694786,"sku":null,"price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/the-marriage-portrait","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}