Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt History Just as fin-de-siecle Vienna was

Just as fin-de-siecle Vienna was the birthplace of psychoanalysis

safe world she’s always known

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Russell Shorto's masterful biography looks at Amsterdam's central preoccupations

but when she kills what she thinks is a wolf in the woods

Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt History Just as fin-de-siecle Vienna wasAmsterdam 1654: a dangerous secret threatens to destroy a young widow's new life. Following the sudden death of her husband, twenty five year old Catrin leaves her small village and takes a job as housekeeper to the successful Van Nulandt merchant family. Amsterdam is a city at the peak of its powers: science and art are flourishing in the Golden Age and Dutch ships bring back exotic riches from the Far East. When a figure from her past threatens her