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The Miniaturist is the 2014 debut novel of English actor and author Jessie Burton. An international bestseller, it was the focus of a publishers' bidding war at the 2013 London Book Fair. Set in Amsterdam in 1686–87, the novel was inspired by Petronella Oortman's doll's house on display at the Rijksmuseum.
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In 1686, 18-year-old Nella Oortman (Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma, The Witch) arrives in Amsterdam to meet her wealthy merchant husband Johannes Brandt (Alex Hassell, Genius: Picasso ), but is instead met...
Preview: S2018 | 27s. Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai and Alex Hassell star in a telling of Jessie Burton’s book.
Sep 9, 2018 · “ The Miniaturist ,” based on Jessie Burton’s novel of the same name, is PBS ’ three-part adaptation that satisfies the “Masterpiece” aesthete’s hunger for beautiful visuals, lavish costuming,...
Nella Oortman's life changes drastically when she marries a wealthy merchant and moves to Amsterdam -- she finds it difficult to fit in as she struggles to win her husband's affection,...
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Sep 9, 2018 · In 1686 teen-aged Petronella "Nella" Oortman agrees to marry wealthy merchant Johannes Brandt to save the family fortunes - and arrives at the Amsterdam house he shares with his devout, austere sister Marin and servants Cornelia and Otto.
Uprooted from the provincial Holland countryside and taken to Amsterdam, the 18-year-old must quickly adapt to living with Johannes’s sister, Marin (Romola Garai), and her two housekeepers, Otto...