Jessie Burton's 'The House of Fortune' transports readers to 18th-century Amsterdam, a city bustling with trade and intrigue. This captivating historical novel revisits the characters from her acclaimed debut, 'The Miniaturist', focusing on Theodora Brandt and her niece Cornelia. As Theodora navigates a world of ambition and betrayal, striving for artistic recognition and personal freedom, a mysterious past threatens to unravel her meticulously constructed life. Burton masterfully weaves a tale of love, secrets, and the enduring power of art against a richly detailed backdrop of Dutch Golden Age society.