#Bonzoi Books

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Maggie O’Farrell – The Marriage Portrait

Stunningly written; The Marriage Portrait once more proves O'Farrells astounding talent.

Right from the start on it is clear Lucrezia de’Medici will not grow old and will – in all probability – not survive the final page of the novel. The way she dies remains a mystery until the very end. It is yet again Maggie O’Farrell’s talent that brings alive a rather obscure 14th century woman*. O’Farrell accomplishes this feat in three ways: the structure of the novel, he truly divine style…