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This novel opens at Highgate Cemetery, London's premiere burial ground for the top bourgeoisie. The meeting of the three characters there will dominate the rest of their lives. The Girl With a Pearl Earring was Chevalier's previous novel.

Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in 17th century Holland, obtains her first job as a servant in Vermeer's household. She loves being drawn into his artistic life, but the cost to her own survival may be high.