Book
The miniaturist
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443428477 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
416 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
print - Edition: First Canadian edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, [2014]
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| Subject: | Young women -- Fiction Miniature painters -- Fiction Merchants -- Fiction Secrecy -- Fiction Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Alert Bay Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alert Bay Public Library | AF BUR (Text) | 35125000128144 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- HARPERCOLL
Now a television miniseries, as seen on Masterpiece on PBS
Sold in over thirty territories, this evocative debut in the tradition of Sarah Dunant, Tracey Chevalier and Emma Donoghue is set among a wealthy, dysfunctional family living in Amsterdam in 1686 during the decline of the Dutch Golden Age
"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 the 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, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.
