TY - BOOK AU - O'Farrell,Maggie TI - The marriage portrait SN - 9780593320624 AV - PR6065.F36 M36 2022 U1 - 823/.914 23/eng/20220407 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Medici, Lucrezia de', KW - Renaissance KW - Italy KW - Florence KW - Fiction KW - Florence (Italy) KW - History KW - 1421-1737 KW - Biographical fiction KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction N1 - "A Borzoi book."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-339) N2 - "A novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici. When her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the duke, Lucrezia is 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 make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed."-- ER -