In The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell distorts the historical record to suit modern sensibilities
- Written by: Jessica O'Leary, Research Fellow, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
Lucrezia de Medici – Alessandro Allori (1560).Public domainIn her latest novel, The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell takes readers to Renaissance Italy. Lush metaphors and minute description of life in ducal palaces abound in her reimagining of the life of Lucrezia de’ Medici, daughter of the Grand Duke of Florence, Cosimo I...