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The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
5.0

Maggie O'Farrell's books are outstanding! I started with Hamnet. I can't wait to try a couple of others "This Must Be the Place" or "The Hand that First Held Mine." The Marriage Portrait is a look (fictionalized of course) at the life of Lucrezia DeMedici. Ms O'Farrell is a master of creating place and all its details. You feel like you know each space as you enter it. And the characters, most of whom are based on real people, are just as real. I highly recommend this