When a young woman in Renaissance Italy is taken by her husband, the Duke of Ferrara, to a remote villa, she realises he intends to kill her… Richly told, by the author of Hamnet.
The Marriage Portrait
(author)
£25.00
Edition:Hardback978147222384530/08/2022
Categories: 05. Books for Christmas 2022: Fiction, Books for Christmas 2022, Fiction
Tags: Historical Novels, Italy
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