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.
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 see.
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. 17th Century Holland.
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