Burton - the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Nightmare Before Christmas, among others - now gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children: misunderstoo
A picture hides a thousand words ...On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggle
Samuel Whitehead, landlord of the Rose and Crown, is a stranger in the lonely East Anglian village of High Eldersham. When the newcomer is stabbed to death in his pub, and Scotland Yard are called to
On a dark November evening, Sir Wilfred Saxonby is travelling alone in the 5 o'clock train from Cannon Street, in a locked compartment. The train slows and stops inside a tunnel; and by the time it em
精緻娃娃屋裡，故事仍在上演…。妮拉苦心操持榮景不再的布蘭特家族，然而在瑪琳女兒18歲生日這天，過往的黑暗秘密逐漸浮現，與此同時，種種跡象讓妮拉猜想，是神秘的娃娃屋模型師回來了…Set in the golden city of Amsterdam in 1705, it is a story of fate and ambition, secrets and dreams, and one young womans determination to rule her own destiny.Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the theatre, Walter, the love of her life, awaits her, but at home in the house on the Herengracht, winter has set in her father Otto and Aunt Nella argue endlessly, and the Brandt family are selling their furniture in order to eat.On Theas birthday, also the day that her mother Marin died, the secrets from the past begin to overwhelm the present.Nella is desperate to save the family and maintain appearances, to find Thea a husband who will guarantee her future, and when they receive an invitation to Amsterdams most exclusive ball, she is overjoyed perhaps this will set their fortunes straight. And indeed, the ball does set things spinning: new figures enter
The sensational No. 1 Sunday Times BestsellerThere is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the
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 pickThe No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller'I absolutely loved it' – Marian Keyes'Awe-inspiring. Burton is a master storyteller' – Elizabeth Day1705, 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 family doorstep, it seems someone may have
