Jessie Burton

Broschiertes Buch

The House of Fortune

Beschreibung

Returning to the magical Amsterdam of her million-copy bestseller The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton's The House of Fortune is a story of love, fate, and two women determined to make their own way.

A Richard & Judy Book Club pick
The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller

'I absolutely loved it' - Marian Keyes
'Awe-inspiring. Burton is a master storyteller' - Elizabeth Day

1705, Amsterdam. Thea Brandt is about to turn eighteen, and at the theatre in the heart of the city she has met the love of her life. At home, however, her family faces ruin. Desperate to change their fortunes, Thea's aunt Nella is convinced that she must find Thea a wealthy husband, to get her away from the theatre and solidify her place in the society in which she truly belongs.

As Thea and Nella clash over the demands of duty and the heart, past secrets begin to overwhelm their present. And then there is the elusive miniaturist - when mysterious figurines begin to arrive on the familydoorstep, it seems someone may have unexpected plans for Thea's family . . .

Will each woman be able to rescue her destiny from the whims of fortune?

Five Star Reader Reviews:

'I didn't want this rich immersive book to end . . . magical'
'Every bit as beautiful as the first book'
'Fantastic!! We are going to need a third book, please!'

Autor

Jessie Burton is the author of the Sunday Times number one and New York Times bestsellers The Miniaturist and The Muse, the Sunday Times bestseller The Confession, The House of Fortune, and the children's books The Restless Girls and Medusa. In its year of publication The Miniaturist sold over a million copies worldwide, and in 2017 it was adapted into a major TV series for BBC One. Her novels have been translated into forty languages, and she is a regular essay writer for newspapers and magazines. She lives in London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International / Picador
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 80950
• Main Market Ed.
• Seitenzahl: 401
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 127mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781509886104
• ISBN-10: 1509886109
• Artikelnr.: 66457856

Rezensionen

Clever and satisfying . . . Burton is an acute observer . . . A worthy sequel, mature and thoughtful The Guardian

[Burton] has a way of drawing us into her world—she's particularly adept at navigating between different points of view—and of giving us Old Amsterdam in all its luxurious severity. And, as with the previous volume, Burton excels in the wrapping up. Nella, having pushed so hard to marry off her niece to an unloved suitor, finds . . . against all odds, an alternative family . . . no different in its essentials from any other.