Victoria Redel

Victoria Redel masterfully evokes the rich period of Golden Age Amsterdam. It is spellbinding, wonderfully atmospheric, and impossible to forget — Sarah Jessica Parker, 2025 Booker Prize Judge. At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter, Maria, sees through Gerta's...

At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter Maria sees through Gerta's ruse, she insists Gerta accompany her to Amsterdam and help her enter the elite, male-dominated art world. While Maria rises in the ranks of society as a painting...