The Miniaturist

Author: Jessie Burton

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  • : $29.99 AUD
  • : 9781447250920
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Picador
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  • : May 2013
  • : 234mm X 154mm X 33mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : July 2014
  • : March 2017
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  • : Paperback
  • : UK Airside, Irish & Open market ed
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Description

The phenomenal Number One Bestseller Winner of the Specsavers National Book Award 2014 Waterstones Book of the Year 2014 Selected for the Richard Judy Book Club 2015 There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed ...On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways ...Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands? And will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall? Beautiful, intoxicating and filled with heart-pounding suspense, Jessie Burton's magnificent debut novel The Miniaturist is a story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.

Promotion info

A sensational feat of storytelling for fans of Sarah Waters and Donna Tartt

Awards

Winner of Waterstones Book of the Year 2014 and Specsavers National Book Awards: Books Are My Bag New Writer of the Year 2014.

Reviews

"'The kind of book that reminds you why you fell in love with reading' (S. J. Watson, author of, Before I Go to Sleep) 'The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton is set in 17th century Amsterdam where a trader presents his new wife Nella with a miniature replica of their home. Its tiny occupants mirror their real-life counterparts and show Nella what grave dangers lie in wait.' (Hot Books of 2014, Daily Express) 'A fabulously gripping read that will appeal to fans of Girl With a Pearl Earring and The Goldfinch, but Burton is a genuinely new voice with her visceral take on sex, race and class... Burton writes great complex female characters' (Observer) 'A remarkable debut - complex, involving and deeply atmospheric' (Deborah Moggach, author of, Tulip Fever)"

Author description

Jessie Burton was born in 1982. She studied at Oxford University and the Central School of Speech and Drama, and has worked as an actress and a PA in the City. She now lives in south-east London, not far from where she grew up.