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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 years old, and has led a sheltered life locked away inside Florence's grandest palazzo. Here, in this remote villa, she is entirely at the mercy of her increasingly erratic husband. What is Lucrezia to do with this sudden knowledge? What chance does she have against Alfonso, ruler of a province, and a trained soldier? How can she ensure her survival. The Marriage Portrait is an unforgettable reimagining of the life of a young woman whose proximity to power places her in mortal danger.

A captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter, and the great Greenland shark. With mesmerising black and yellow illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback with tracing paper inserts, this is a perfect gift for 9+ fans of David Almond and Frances Hardinge.

"Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet. Drawing on her long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, Maggie O'Farrell writes Hamnet as a luminous portrait of a marriage and at its heart the loss of a beloved child."--Publisher description.

Dopo che gli uomini di una cittadina artica norvegese vengono sterminati, le donne devono affrontare una minaccia sinistra in questa parabola del 1600 su un mondo impazzito. Finnmark, Norvegia, 1617. Maren Magnusdatter, ventenne, osserva la costa frastagliata mentre il mare si infrange in una tempesta improvvisa e temeraria. Quaranta pescatori, tra cui suo fratello e suo padre, annegano e vengono lasciati a pezzi sugli scogli sottostanti. Con gli uomini scomparsi, le donne del piccolo villaggio artico di Vardø devono cavarsela da sole. Tre anni dopo, arriva una figura sinistra. Absalom Cornet proviene dalla Scozia, dove ha bruciato streghe nelle isole settentrionali. Porta con sé sua moglie norvegese, Ursa, che è sia euforica per l'autorità del marito sia terrorizzata da essa. A Vardø, e in Maren, Ursa vede qualcosa che non ha mai visto prima: donne indipendenti. Ma Absalom vede solo un luogo non toccato da Dio, inondato da un potente male. Mentre Maren e Ursa si avvicinano l'una all'altra in modi che sorprendono entrambe, l'isola inizia a stringersi attorno a loro, con il dominio di ferro di Absalom che minaccia l'esistenza stessa di Vardø. Ispirato ai reali eventi della tempesta di Vardø e ai processi per stregoneria del 1621, è una storia di amore, male e ossessione, ambientata ai confini della civiltà.

When Jessica's best friend goes off with new-girl Amelia, Jessica is hurt but determined not to take it lying down. She has a plan, and a secret weapon - her felt-tips. The pen is mightier than the sword, after all, and having a sense of humour wins Jessica far more friends than she loses.