The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton is the sequel to her best-selling novel The Miniaturist.
It is 1705 and, in the commercially prosperous city of Amsterdam, Thea Brandt is turning eighteen. Feeling that her life is just about to begin, she prepares to welcome adulthood with open arms.
Her greatest joy is to attend performances at the city’s theatre, where, Walter, the love of her life, works on backdrops and stage settings.
At home, however, in the house on the Herengracht, all is not well. The family fortunes have taken a downturn and the Brandt family are selling their furniture in order to eat. Her Father, Otto, and Aunt, Nella, bicker constantly. On Thea’s birthday, which is also the day on which her Mother, Marin, died, secrets from the past begin to impinge upon the present.
Nella needs desperately to find Thea a husband who will guarantee her future, and hopefully save the family from penury. She is, therefore, overjoyed when they receive an invitation to Amsterdam’s most exclusive ball. Maybe this will answer her prayers and restore their standing in the city.
Thea’s success at the ball does indeed promise a happy outcome and, as other new figures enter their lives, Nella is hopeful for the future. Thea, however, remains unconvinced.
When strange occurrences take place, Nella remembers the miniaturist, who entered her life and toyed
with her fortunes eighteen years ago. Nella fears that now she has returned for her . . .
This similarly intriguing sequel takes the reader on a tumultuous journey of self-discovery. It is a tale of heartbreak, happiness, the search for true love and the importance of family ties.
Also, a coming of age that experiences love, betrayal, and both joy and sorrow. It tells of living in an
horrific past, but of still finding hope for the future.
A brilliant sequel to The Miniaturist and an equally heartbreaking, but heartwarming read for the year.
ISBN: 9781509886081
The House of Fortune is available in hardback and e-book
About Jessie Burton
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. Jessie’s novels
have been translated into forty languages, and she is a regular essay writer for newspapers and
magazines. She lives in London.
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