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Set in seventeenth century Amsterdama city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religiona masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery in the tradition of Emma Donoghue Sarah Waters and Sarah DunantThere is nothing hidden that will not be revealed On a brisk autumn day in eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt But her new home while splendorous is not welcoming Johannes is kind yet distant always locked in his study or at his warehouse officeleaving Nella alone with his sister the sharp-tongued and forbidding MarinBut Nellas world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift a cabinet-sized replica of their home To furnish her gift Nella engages the services of a miniaturistan elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways Johannes gift helps Nella to pierce the closed world of the Brandt household But as she uncovers its unusual secrets she begins to understandand fearthe escalating dangers that await them all In this repressively pious society where gold is worshipped second only to God to be different is a threat to the moral fabric of society and not even a man as rich as Johannes is safe Only one person seems to see the fate that awaits them Is the miniaturist the key to their salvation or the architect of their destructionEnchanting beautiful and exquisitely suspenseful The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession betrayal and retribution appearance and truth.
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Jessie Burton is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling novels The Miniaturist, The Muse, and The Confession, and of the children's book The Restless Girls. Her novels have been translated into 38 languages, and she is a regular essay writer for newspapers and magazines. The Miniaturist was a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller in both hardback and paperback, and a New York Times bestseller. It sold over a million copies in its first year of publication, and was awarded the Waterstones Book of the Year, and Book of the Year at the National Book Awards. In 2017 it was adapted into a major TV series for BBC One. The Muse was a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller in both hardback and paperback, and has sold more than 500,000 copies.The Confession is Jessie's third novel, and became an immediate Sunday Times bestseller.Visit her website at https://www.jessieburton.com, and follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jessieburton
