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The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell
3.5 stars
This is my third O’Farrell and I feel her writing has gotten stronger in recent years.
I loved [b:Hamnet|43890641|Hamnet|Maggie O'Farrell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1574943819l/43890641._SY75_.jpg|68289933] (published 2020) but not [b:The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox|250729|The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox|Maggie O'Farrell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1630472794l/250729._SY75_.jpg|3050927] (published 2006).
The audio narration was great, and the story gives you an excellent feel for the culture and times of 16th century Italy and the ways of the aristocracy. This is a complex tale of a young girls struggle to find freedom and self-expression in a world that offers little to women, rich or poor.
I read up about Lucrezia Duchess of Ferrara and this story is a very close proximity of historic facts. The author also added a footnote at the end explaining what parts were changed and for what reasons.
There were one or two areas where I felt that the author got a bit too caught up in the littlest of details but the narration had such a lovely calming feel to it I just went with the flow.
If you are looking for a solid novel about the little-known life of Lucrezia de' Medici, you cannot go wrong with the audio book.
This is my third O’Farrell and I feel her writing has gotten stronger in recent years.
I loved [b:Hamnet|43890641|Hamnet|Maggie O'Farrell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1574943819l/43890641._SY75_.jpg|68289933] (published 2020) but not [b:The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox|250729|The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox|Maggie O'Farrell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1630472794l/250729._SY75_.jpg|3050927] (published 2006).
The audio narration was great, and the story gives you an excellent feel for the culture and times of 16th century Italy and the ways of the aristocracy. This is a complex tale of a young girls struggle to find freedom and self-expression in a world that offers little to women, rich or poor.
I read up about Lucrezia Duchess of Ferrara and this story is a very close proximity of historic facts. The author also added a footnote at the end explaining what parts were changed and for what reasons.
There were one or two areas where I felt that the author got a bit too caught up in the littlest of details but the narration had such a lovely calming feel to it I just went with the flow.
If you are looking for a solid novel about the little-known life of Lucrezia de' Medici, you cannot go wrong with the audio book.