In Renaissance Italy, A Strong Woman Dwells in a Palace
The Marriage Portrait The story of Lucrezia di Cosimo de'Medici, a 16th-century Italian noblewoman, is romanticized in "The Marriage Portrait." Duchess Eleanora finishes making love to her husband, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, early in Maggie O'Farrell's new novel, "The Marriage Portrait." The year is 1544, and the setting is a palace in Florence....
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