
December '22 Pick
The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell
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...
From Our Book Lover-In-Chief
Google was my best friend while I was reading because I needed to know about so many things—like her dad really kept a tiger in the basement!
“You know I love historical fiction...and with a true crime element? I'm in! The December Reese's Book Club Pick is The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell. I could not stop Googling all the details of this true story. It's a fascinating, historical thriller about an Italian Duchess, who we learn at the very beginning of the book will die either by sickness...or by her husband's hand. I can't wait to hear what you think!”


FROM THE AUTHOR
Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell, FRSOL, is the author of HAMNET, Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020, and the memoir I AM, I AM, I AM, both Sunday Times no. 1 bestsellers. Her novels include AFTER YOU’D GONE, MY LOVER’S LOVER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX, THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE and THIS MUST BE THE PLACE., and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT. She is also the author of two books for children, WHERE SNOW ANGELS GO and THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK. She lives in Edinburgh.
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