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1) The miniaturist

Author

Burton, Jessie

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, Large Print, Playaway/Launchpad

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Engaging the services of a miniaturist to furnish a cabinet-sized replica of her new home, 18-year-old Nella Oortman, the wife of an illustrious merchant trader, soon discovers that the artist's tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways.

2) The muse

Author

Burton, Jessie

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD

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Odelle Bastien, a Caribbean émigré living in London in 1967, discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. As she tries to sort through the conflicting stories of its discovery, she does not know who to believe, including her art gallery colleague, Marjorie Quick. The mystery surrounding the painting includes Olive Schloss,...

3) The house of fortune: a novel

Author

Burton, Jessie

Series

Miniaturist volume 2

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Amsterdam in the year 1705. It is Thea Brandt's eighteenth birthday. She is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms, but life at home is increasingly difficult. Her father Otto and her Aunt Nella argue endlessly over their financial fate, selling off furniture in a desperate attempt to hold on to the family home. As catastrophe threatens to engulf the household, Thea seeks refuge in Amsterdam's playhouses. She loves the performances, and the stolen...

4) Die Magie der kleinen Dinge

Author

Burton, Jessie

Pub. Date

2023

Edition

Unabridged

Language

Deutsch

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Wenn der Schein trügt, muss man zweimal hinsehenDie junge Nella wird mit dem Amsterdamer Handelsmann Johannes Brandt verheiratet. Als sie sein herrschaftliches Haus an der Herengracht zum ersten Mal betritt, schlägt ihr kalte Abneigung von Seiten ihrer neuen Familie entgegen. Nur ihr Hochzeitsgeschenk spendet ihr Trost: ein Puppenhaus, das eine exakte Nachbildung ihres neuen Zuhauses ist. Doch bald werden Nella mysteriöse kleine Nachbildungen ihrer...

5) Medusa

Author

Burton, Jessie

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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Exiled to a far-flung island, Medusa has little company except for the snakes adorning her head instead of hair until a beautiful boy named Perseus arrives, distrupting her lonely existence and unleashing desire, love, and betrayal.