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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER#160; The author of Hamnet New York Times best seller and National Book Critics Circle Award winnerbrings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life in this unforgettable fictional portrait of the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici as she makes her way in a troubled court. "OFarrell pulls out little threads of historical detail to weave this story of a precocious girl sensitive to the contradictions of her station ... You may know the history, and you may think you know whats coming, but dont be so sure. " The Washington Post 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. #160; Having barely left girlhood behind, Lucrezia must now enter an unfamiliar court whose customs are opaque and where her arriv
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- Author
- Maggie O'Farrell; Overdrive Inc
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780593320631
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (19,843 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14