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Secret Messages Explained

Season 2018 | 2m 09s

"Every woman is the architect of her own fortune." The Miniaturist author Jessie Burton explains this and other fortunes from the series. #MiniaturistPBS

Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust, created to help ensure the series’ future.
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