Книга: Burton, Jessie «The Miniaturist»

The Miniaturist

The phenomenal Number One Bestseller Winner of the Specsavers National Book Award 2014 Waterstones Book of the Year 2014 Selected for the Richard&Judy Book Club 2015 There 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 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. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways . . . Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturist hold their fate in her...

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Burton

Burton Bur"ton, n. [Cf. OE. & Prov. E. bort to press or indent anything.] (Naut.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part. [1913 Webster]

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Jessie

Jessie may refer to:

Modern culture

*"Jessie's Girl", a song written and performed by Rick Springfield
*"Jessie" (song), a song written and performed by Joshua Kadison
*Jessie Mae Hemphill, pioneering electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
*Jessie Oonark (1906 - 1985), Canadian Inuit artist
*"Dear Jessie", a song by Madonna
*"Kim & Jessie", a song by M83

ports

*Jessie Tuggle (born 1965), former professional footballer, linebacker
*Jessie Ward (born 1979), American professional wrestler
*Jessie Evans, American basketball coach

Media

*Jessie Royce Landis (1896 - 1972), American actress
*Jessie ("Toy Story"), a female toy character in Disney/Pixar's animated movie "Toy Story 2"
*Jessie ("Pokémon"), a character in the "Pokémon" anime and video games
*Jessie Buckley, Irish entertainer and finalist in "I'd Do Anything"
*Jessie Burlingame, character in "Gerald's Game" a Stephen King novel
*Jessie Burlingame, star character of Wrong Turn
*Jessie Camacho, contestant on the television show, "Survivor"
*Jessie Flaws (born 1935), American actress working in Sweden
*Jessie Flower (born 1994), American actress
*Jessie Jackson, a character from "Coronation Street"
*Jessie Matthews (1907 - 1981), a British actress and singer
*Jessie McCarney, a non-player character in the video game "Dead Rising"
*Jessie Wallace (born 1971), British actress who stars in "Eastenders"
*Sally Jessy Raphaël (born 1935), American talk show host
*Jessie, a character in the play "'night, Mother"
*Jessie Ward (actress) (born 1982), American actress

Politics and academia

*Jessie Cooper (1914 - 1993), first female member of the South Australian Parliament
*Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882 - 1961), African American editor, poet, essayist and novelist
*Jessie MacWilliams (1917 - 1990), English mathematician who contributed to the field of coding theory
*Jessie Misskelley (born 1975), one of the West Memphis 3 who committed a triple homicide in Arkansaw, USA
*Jessie Pope (1868 - 1941), English World War I poet
*Jessie M. Rattley (1929 - 2001), mayor of Newport News, Virginia from 1986 to 1990
*Jessie Rooke (1845 - 1906), Australian suffragette
*Jessie Weston (1850 - 1928), independent scholar and folklorist
*Jessie E. Woods (1909 - 2001), one of the first female air pilots in the United States
*Elaine Riddick Jessie (born c.1954), was forcibly sterilized by the Eugenics Board of North Carolina, USA aged 14

Other uses

*Jessie, North Dakota, USA
*Lake Jessie Township, Minnesota, USA
* Jessie Award, a theatre prize in Vancouver, Canada

ee also

*Jesse
*Jessy De Smet
*Jessica (given name)
*Jessi XX, a character in "Kyle XY"

Источник: Jessie

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