- Fiction, History, Fiction, suspense, Amsterdam (netherlands), fiction
On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Jessie Burton
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 424
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Pan Macmillan, imusti
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780062306838
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