Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
“These are the last moments of her girlhood— with every passing second, her time with her family is ebbing away.”
Maggie O’Farrell effortlessly breathes life into forgotten women in history with lush prose painting gorgeous settings that are juxtaposed against Lucrezia’s unending struggle to become the perfect wife and Duchess while grappling with the fact that she is lost in a game with odds stacked against her.
“These are the last moments of her girlhood— with every passing second, her time with her family is ebbing away.”
Maggie O’Farrell effortlessly breathes life into forgotten women in history with lush prose painting gorgeous settings that are juxtaposed against Lucrezia’s unending struggle to become the perfect wife and Duchess while grappling with the fact that she is lost in a game with odds stacked against her.
