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»Er blickt dich an und sieht, was du um jeden Preis verbergen willst.«Ein Mal hat Lucrezia den Mann gesehen, mit dem sie als Zwölfjährige verheiratet werden soll. Am Hof von Florenz wächst die Tochter aus dem Hause Medici auf wie in einem goldenen Käfig. Niemand versteht das künstlerisch begabte, feinsinnige Mädchen, das lieber mit Tieren spricht als mit den Geschwistern - außer ihrem Zukünftigen, Alfonso, der ihr tief in die Seele zu schauen ...

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A novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de' Medici"--

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I thought I had made myself clear. I want something that conveys her majesty, her bloodline. Do you understand? She is no ordinary mortal. Treat her thus.'Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia...

Set 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.

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Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family's land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband [William Shakespeare] on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the Lond...

Um extraordinário livro de memórias - contado inteiramente através de experiências de quase morte - de uma das romancistas mais vendidas da Grã-Bretanha. Nunca estamos mais perto da vida do que quando nos confrontamos com a possibilidade da morte.Existo, existo, existo é o espantoso livro de memórias de Maggie O'Farrell sobre as experiências de quase morte que pontuaram e definiram sua vida. A doença da infância que a deixou de cama por um ano...

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Die Tragödie hinter Shakespeares »Hamlet«

A thrilling departure: a short, piercing, deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's 11 year old son Hamnet--a name interchangeable with Hamlet in 15th century Britain--and the years leading up to the production of his great play. England, 1580. A young Latin tutor--penniless, bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman--a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her sho...

In 1580's England, during the Black Plague a young Latin tutor falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman in this "exceptional historical novel" (The New Yorker) and best-selling winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family's land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does pe...

What happens to a snow angel after you leave it behind? A little girl discovers she has an unusual protector in a modern fairy tale with gorgeously detailed illustrations.One night Sylvie awakens to an incredible sight: a glowing figure tiptoeing across her floor, with enormous feathery wings wafting from his back. He's muttering to himself, trying to remember his orders, for this is his first flight. Could he really be the same angel she made...

A moving and humorous look at the way families work, and how they make us what we are. A mature novel that will bring O'Farrell to a wide new readership. She is also the author of "The Sunday Times" bestseller, "My Lover's Lover" and "After You'd Gone", which sold 250, 000 copies in paperback.