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Firenze, metà del XVI secolo. Lucrezia, figlia di Cosimo de' Medici, vive nel palazzo di famiglia: è una bambina timida e silenziosa, che ama disegnare e adora gli animali, soprattutto quelli esotici che il padre tiene in cattività. Ma la sorella maggiore Maria muore improvvisamente alla vigilia del matrimonio con il duca di Ferrara, Alfonso d'Este, e per Lucrezia, poco più che dodicenne, tutto cambia: per cement...

A haunting story of the way our families shape our lives"--

»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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She's like no one I've ever met... She's like fire and water all at once.' Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family. As William moves to London to discover his place in the world of theatre, Agnes stays at home to raise their three children but she is the constant presence and purpose of his l...

»Ein hinreißender Roman über Liebe und Hoffnung, der mitten ins Herz trifft.« The Sunday Times»Wenn Daniel dem Mann, der er damals war, heute begegnen würde, dann wüsste er genau, was er täte. Er würde diesen Mann an den Schultern packen, ihn schütteln und sagen: Reiß dich zusammen. Siehst du diese Frau, dieses Zimmer, dieses Haus? Du bist im Begriff, all das zu verlieren. Also leg das verdammte Buch weg, wende dich deiner Frau zu, halt sie fe...

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She's like no one I've ever met... She's like fire and water all at once.' Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family. As William moves to London to discover his place in the world of theatre, Agnes stays at home to raise their three children but she is the constant presence and purpose of his ...

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The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Hamnet, The Marriage Portrait is a dazzling evocation of the Italian Renaissance in all its beauty and brutality.Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso has a sinister purpose in bringing her here. He intends to kill her.Lucrezia is sixteen...

After You’d Gone is the groundbreaking debut novel from the National Book Critics Circle winning Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait. It is a stunning, best-selling novel of wrenching love and grief.Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a...

From the author of The Marriage Portrait and New York Times best seller Hamnet comes My Lover’s Lover, an intense, unnerving and passionate story of betrayal, loss and love, with all the frisson and psychological intensity of Rebecca.When Lily moves into new boyfriend Marcus's apartment and plunges headlong into their relationship, she must contend with an intangible, hostile presence—Marcus’s ex-girlfriend, Sinead. As Lily and Marcus become m...

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The new children's book from multi-award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, paired once more with Daniela Terrazzini's stunning illustrations.When Jem and his family move to the countryside, he doesn't like his new home one bit. It's an old cottage on the side of a hill, where strange things keep happening: shoes are filled up with conkers, the stairs become tangled in a woollen maze. Jem's sister Verity is certain it is the work of a...

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