The Miniaturist
First edition (UK) with quotation from S. J. Watson | |
| Author | Jessie Burton |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Davina Porter |
| Cover artist | Katie Tooke Andersen M Studio |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Set in | Amsterdam, 1680s |
| Publisher | Ecco (US) Picador (UK) |
Publication date | 3 July 2014 (US) 26 August 2014 (UK) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print, ebook, audiobook |
| Pages | 400 pp |
| ISBN | 9781447250890 (1st ed. UK hardcover) |
| OCLC | 1016814502 |
The Miniaturist is the 2014 debut novel of English actor and author Jessie Burton. An international bestseller, it was the focus of a publishers' bidding war at the 2013 London Book Fair. Set in Amsterdam in 1686–87, the novel was inspired by Petronella Oortman's doll's house on display at the Rijksmuseum. It does not otherwise attempt to be a biographical novel. A sequel, The House of Fortune, was published in 2022.