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The Black Tulip
A prize of 100,000 guilders awaits the gardener who can produce a black tulip, a rich reward that incites a bitter competition in 17th-century Holland. Cornelius von Baerle, a gifted and passionate florist, has dedicated himself to cultivating the elusive flower. But a ruthless rival, capitalizing on accusations that led to the assassination of Cornelius's godfather, falsely accuses the young horticulturist of treason. Sentenced to life imprisonment, Cornelius conspires with his jailer's daughter to grow the black tulip in secret.
Alexandre Dumas sets his captivating tale in the 1670s, a generation after Holland was gripped by the economic madness of Tulip mania and shortly after the mob lynching of a pair of Dutch statesmen. His fictional treatment of these historic events forms a timeless political allegory in which the rare flower represents the triumph of justice, tolerance, and true love over greed, jealousy, and obsession.
Alexandre Dumas sets his captivating tale in the 1670s, a generation after Holland was gripped by the economic madness of Tulip mania and shortly after the mob lynching of a pair of Dutch statesmen. His fictional treatment of these historic events forms a timeless political allegory in which the rare flower represents the triumph of justice, tolerance, and true love over greed, jealousy, and obsession.
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A prize of 100,000 guilders awaits the gardener who can produce a black tulip, a rich reward that incites a bitter competition in 17th-century Holland. Cornelius von Baerle, a gifted and passionate florist, has dedicated himself to cultivating the elusive flower. But a ruthless rival, capitalizing on accusations that led to the assassination of Cornelius's godfather, falsely accuses the young horticulturist of treason. Sentenced to life imprisonment, Cornelius conspires with his jailer's daughter to grow the black tulip in secret.
Alexandre Dumas sets his captivating tale in the 1670s, a generation after Holland was gripped by the economic madness of Tulip mania and shortly after the mob lynching of a pair of Dutch statesmen. His fictional treatment of these historic events forms a timeless political allegory in which the rare flower represents the triumph of justice, tolerance, and true love over greed, jealousy, and obsession.
Alexandre Dumas sets his captivating tale in the 1670s, a generation after Holland was gripped by the economic madness of Tulip mania and shortly after the mob lynching of a pair of Dutch statesmen. His fictional treatment of these historic events forms a timeless political allegory in which the rare flower represents the triumph of justice, tolerance, and true love over greed, jealousy, and obsession.
Reprint of a standard edition.
historical fiction; french literature; 19th-century fiction; classic literature; 17th-century holland; passionate florist; cultivating the elusive flower; tulips; floral hybrids; political allegory; greed; intolerance; mob rule; jealousy; obsession; con man,The Count of Monte Cristo; The Three Musketeers; Twenty Years After; The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later; historical novel; 1850; La Tulipe Noire; William, Prince of Orange; William III. King of England; Louis XIV, King of France; Cornelius de Witt; the Hague; Johan de Witt; Grand Pensionary of Holland; Colonel van Deeken; William of Orange; Dr. Cornelius van Baerle; Mynheer Isaac Boxtel; Marquis de Louvois; Count Tilly; Mynheer Bowelt; Mynheer d'Asperen; The Recorder of the States; Master van Spenser; Tyckalaer; Gerard Dow; Mynheer van Systens; Burgomaster of Haarlem; Horticultural Society; Craeke; Gryphus; Rosa; Let them eat cake; Maurits Binger; Frank Richardson; Alex Bryce; Patrick Waddington; BBC miniseries; Douglas Wilmer; Alain Delon; Pacho Lane; Kit Goldstein; Union College
