{"product_id":"the-marriage-portrait-9781472223852","title":"The Marriage Portrait","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet at the heart of the treacherous political world of the Italian Renaissance, this is the masterful story of a young woman's battle for her very survival, written with all the drama and verve that made HAMNET an international bestseller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery bit as evocative and spellbinding as Hamnet. O'Farrell, thank God, just seems to be getting better and better . . . O'Farrell's writing is so vivid it melts away the time and space between now and 16th-century Italy . . . With\u003ci\u003e The Marriage Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e, then, O'Farrell hasn't just produced another magnificently transporting page-turner. She has given us an exhilarating, devastating look at women's captivity, creativity and ultimately, rebellion in a world run by some very cruel men\u003c\/b\u003e * i newspaper *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinely written and vividly imagined, it is far from being simplistic, but there is an engaging simplicity to it . . . a very good one to be read, as publishers used to say, by \"children of all ages\"\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian Book of the Day *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn O'Farrell's hands, historical detail comes alive . . . evocative, moving and sensitively rendered\u003c\/b\u003e * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eO'Farrell is simply outstanding\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer writing is exquisite.  Immersive and compelling\u003c\/b\u003e * Marian Keyes *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary writer with a profound understanding of the most elemental human bonds\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most exciting novelists alive\u003c\/b\u003e * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngenious, inventive, humane, wry, truthful . . . better than her last novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Scotsman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer narrative enchantment will wrest suspense and surprise out of a death foretold\u003c\/b\u003e * Financial Times *","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408733708631,"sku":"9781472223852","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-marriage-portrait-9781472223852","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}