![]() ![]() Whispers, unanswered questions, odd noises, morbid paintings, and her husband’s frequent absences unsettle Nella. Instead of a warm welcome, Nella receives a vaguely hostile greeting from her husband’s sharp-tongued sister, Marin, and two servants, Cornelia and Otto.Īlthough her mother had warned Nella not to expect love, nothing had prepared her for such a strange household. The year is 1686, a time when the Dutch East India Company sailed throughout Africa, India and Asia trading in spices, minerals, precious metals, and goods such as silk, cotton, tea, and porcelain. Nella Oortman is an innocent 18-year-old when she arrives in Amsterdam to join her new husband and assume her duties as the wife of the well-to-do and highly respected merchant trader Johannes Brandt. ![]()
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