<p><b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> No.1 Bestseller<br><br>The sequel to Jessie Burton&rsquo;s million-copy bestseller <i>The Miniaturist, The House of Fortune</i> returns to Nella's mysterious family in historic 18th-century Amsterdam for a story of fate and fortune.</b><br><br><b>&lsquo;</b><b>Elegant, atmospheric, compelling. I absolutely loved it</b><b>&rsquo; - </b><b>Marian Keyes, author of <i>Again, Rachel</i></b><br><b>&lsquo;</b><b>A book of beauty and insight . . . awe-inspiring. Burton is a master storyteller</b><b>&rsquo; - </b><b>Elizabeth Day, author of <i>Magpie</i></b><br><br>1705. In the golden city of Amsterdam Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and she is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the city&rsquo;s theatre, the love of her life awaits her, but at home all is not well &ndash; her father Otto and Aunt Nella argue endlessly, and the Brandt family are selling their furniture in order to eat. On Thea&rsquo;s birthday, also the day that her mother died, the secrets of the past begin to overwhelm the present.<br><br>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&rsquo;s most exclusive ball, she is overjoyed &ndash; perhaps this will set their fortunes straight.<br><br>But, as Thea discovers new miniatures, Nella&rsquo;s fears are realized. Eighteen years after she first entered the family&rsquo;s life, the miniaturist may have plans of her own . . .<br><br><b><i>The House of Fortune</i> is a glorious, sweeping story of ambition, secrets and dreams, and one young woman&rsquo;s determination to rule her own destiny.</b></p>