The Miniaturist

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 homewhile splendorousis not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distantalways locked in his study or at his warehouse officeΓÇôleaving Nella alone with his sisterthe sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin. But Nella’s life changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her giftNella engages the services of a miniaturistΓÇôan elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways… Johannes’s gift helps Nella pierce the closed world of the Brandt household. But as she uncovers its unusual secretsshe begins to understandΓÇôand fearΓÇôthe escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society where gold is worshipped second only to Godto be different is a threat to the moral fabric of societyand 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? Enchantingbeautifully writtenand exquisitely suspensefulThe Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsessionbetrayal and retributionappearance and truth.