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Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Author(s): Tracy Chevalier

Location(s): Delft

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 17th Century

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An international bestseller with over two million copies sold, this is a story of an artist’s desire for beauty and the ultimate corruption of innocence.

17th Century Holland. When Griet becomes a maid in the household of Johannes Vermeer in the town of Delft, she thinks she knows her role: housework, laundry and the care of his six children. But as she becomes part of his world and his work, their growing intimacy spreads tension and deception in the ordered household and, as the scandal seeps out, into the town beyond.

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Just wallowed in 17th century Holland! And as I am a painter by training, I really loved this book – though I am sure some people will find it a little slow and ponderous....

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