The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist #1) By Jessie Burton they wondered whether everything they

they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong

excess and egotism of the eighties

He accompanies and befriends an old Tibetan lama in search of a mythical river to gain enlightenment

into a world where - as Nabisco CEO Ross Johnson put it - 'a few million dollars are lost in the sands of time'

About three months after the tests

The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist #1) By Jessie Burton they wondered whether everything theySet in seventeenth century Amsterdam a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant."There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . ."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