by Alexandre Dumas
Historical suspense with an introduction and notes by David Coward.
The Black Tulip
7,00 €
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Description
Cornelius von Baerle, a respectable tulip-grower, lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But after his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in deadly political intrigue and is falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival. Condemned to life imprisonment, his only comfort is Rosa, the jailer’s beautiful daughter, and together they concoct a plan to grow the black tulip in secret.
Dumas’ last major historical novel is a tale of romantic love, jealousy and obsession, interweaving historical events surrounding the brutal murders of two Dutch statesman in 1672 with the phenomenon of tulipomania that gripped seventeenth-century Holland.
Additional information
| Book Condition | Used – Good |
|---|---|
| Cover | Paperback |
| Size | 236 pages, 130 x 200 x 13 mm |
| Published | Oxford World Classics, Oxford 2000 (first published 1850) |
| Genre | Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction |
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