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03690aam a2200577 i 4500 001 E8F4B780214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 210713t20222022enk 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1509886087 020 $a 9781509886081 035 $a (OCoLC)1260132752 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d CDX $d NZHWP $d UAB $d OCL $d SILO 043 $a e-ne--- 050 4 $a PR6102.U782 $b H68 2022 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Burton, Jessie, $d 1982- $e author. 245 14 $a The house of fortune / $c Jessie Burton. 264 1 $a London : $b Picador, $c 2022. 300 $a 401 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a Sequel to: The miniaturist. 520 $a 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 moments afterwards are even better. In the backrooms of her favorite theater, Thea can spend a few precious minutes with her secret lover, Walter, the chief set-painter, a man adept at creating the perfect environments for comedies and tragedies to flourish. The thrill of their hidden romance offers Thea an exciting distraction from home. But it also puts her in mind of another secret that threatens to overwhelm the present: Thea knows her birthday marks the day her mother, Marin, died in labor. Thea's family refuses to share the details of this story, just as they seem terrified to speak of "the miniaturist" - a shadowy figure from their past who is possessed of uncanny abilities to capture that which is hidden. Aunt Nella believes the solution to all Thea's problems is to find her a husband who will guarantee her future. An unexpected invitation to Amsterdam's most exclusive ball seems like a golden opportunity. But when Thea finds, on her doorstep, a parcel containing a miniature figure of Walter, it becomes clear that someone out there has another fate in mind for the family. 650 0 $a Young women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Miniature painters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Paramours $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Fortune $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Downward mobility (Social sciences) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Merchants $z Amsterdam $z Amsterdam $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Amsterdam (Netherlands) $x History $y 18th century $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Young women. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01183301 650 7 $a Secrecy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01110644 650 7 $a Paramours. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01739496 650 7 $a Miniature painters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01022729 650 7 $a Merchants. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01017057 650 7 $a Fortune. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00933058 650 7 $a Downward mobility (Social sciences) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00897255 651 7 $a Netherlands $z Amsterdam. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204180 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726755 655 0 $a Historical fiction. 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726640 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781509886128 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100336.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E8F4B780214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search