The trade in pineapples has overtaken that of sugar. However, inside the Brandt house, the walls are bare as they have sold the paintings to make money. The families like the Brandts who live along The Golden Bend all seem to have maintained their wealth judging by the ornate houses in which they live. The city is going through changes and much wealth is still apparent in the city. The house on Herengracht is the main setting as is the old Schouwburg Theatre and the Old Church. Travel Guide The Amsterdam of the MiniaturistĪmsterdam is clearly the background of this novel although the city is not as vividly evoked here as it was in The Miniaturist. But their fates are still unclear, and when Nella feels a strange prickling sensation on the back of her neck, she remembers the miniaturist who entered her life and toyed with her fortunes eighteen years ago. 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 Amsterdam’s most exclusive ball, she is overjoyed – perhaps this will set their fortunes straight.Īnd indeed, the ball does set things spinning: new figures enter their life, promising new futures. On Thea’s birthday, also the day that her mother Marin died, the secrets from the past begin to overwhelm the present. At the city’s theatre, Walter, the love of her life, awaits her, but at home in the house on the Herengracht, all is not well – her father Otto and Aunt Nella argue endlessly, and the Brandt family are selling their furniture in order to eat. In the golden city of Amsterdam, in 1705, Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and she is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms.

The house of fortune jessie burton