{"product_id":"second-duchess","title":"Second Duchess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling tale of love, sumptuous splendour and conspiracy in the Italian Renaissance court of Ferrara, from the brilliant author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flower Reader.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara of Austria is plain, quick-witted and sensible.  She also desperately needs a husband, for unmarried at twenty-six, she is about to be packed off to a convent, like her sisters before her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo it is that she seizes what seems to be her last chance - a proposal of marriage from Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Lucrezia Borgia's grandson, clever, handsome, powerful - and widely believed to have murdered his first wife, Lucrezia de Medici.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara goes into her marriage clear-eyed, fascinated by her dangerous, enigmatic new husband - and increasingly - recklessly - driven to discover the truth about the death of his first duchess.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252817187160,"sku":"9780099576396","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780099576396.jpg?v=1777102264","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/second-duchess","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}