Francesca Peacock

Murder most foul: The Marriage Portrait, by Maggie O’Farrell, reviewed

Inspired by Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’, Maggie O’Farrell imagines the cruel fate of Lucrezia de’ Medici

Portrait of Lucrezia de’Medici, attributed to Bronzino or his pupil Alessandro Allori, c. 1561. [Getty Images]
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  • The Marriage Portrait

    Maggie O’Farrell

    Tinder Press, pp. 438, £25

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