THE MINIATURIST

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 m et 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 counterpar ts in un...[Read more]