Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam--a city ruled by glittering
wealth and oppressive religion--a masterful debut steeped in
atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma
Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant.
"There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . ."
On a brisk autumn day in 1686, 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 office--leaving Nella alone
with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.
But Nella's 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
miniaturist--an 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 understand--and fear--the 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 destruction?
Enchanting, beautiful, and exquisitely suspenseful, The
Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal
and retribution, appearance and truth.
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