| Description |
1 online resource (422 pages) |
| Contents |
Title; Contents; Chapter 1 -- A Grateful People; Chapter 2 -- The Two Brothers; Chapter 3 -- The Pupil of John de Witt; Chapter 4 -- The Murderers; Chapter 5 -- The Tulip-Fancier and His Neighbour; Chapter 6 -- The Hatred of a Tulip- Fancier; Chapter 7 -- The Happy Man Makes Acquaintance with Misfortune; Chapter 8 -- An Invasion; Chapter 9 -- The Family Cell; Chapter 10 -- The Jailer's Daughter; Chapter 11 -- Cornelius Van Baerle's Will; Chapter 12 -- The Execution; Chapter 13 -- What was Going on All this Time in the Mind of One of the Spectators; Chapter 14 -- The Pigeons of Dort |
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Chapter 15 -- The Little Grated WindowChapter 16 -- Master and Pupil; Chapter 17 -- The First Bulb; Chapter 18 -- Rosa's Lover; Chapter 19 -- The Maid and the Flower; Chapter 20 -- The Events Which Took Place During Those Eight Days; Chapter 21 -- The Second Bulb; Chapter 22 -- The Opening of the Flower; Chapter 23 -- The Rival; Chapter 24 -- The Black Tulip Changes Masters; Chapter 25 -- The President Van Systens; Chapter 26 -- A Member of the Horticultural Society; Chapter 27 -- The Third Bulb; Chapter 28 -- The Hymn of the Flowers |
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Chapter 29 -- In Which Van Baerle, Before Leaving Loewestein, Settles Accounts with GryphusChapter 30 -- Wherein the Reader Begins to Guess the Kind of Execution that was Awaiting Van Baerle; Chapter 31 -- Haarlem; Chapter 32 -- A Last Request; Chapter 33 -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Craving some first-rate historical fiction? Slip into this tale of intrigue and romance from Alexandre Dumas (pere), who is regarded by critics as one of the masters of the genre. In The Black Tulip, turmoil befalls the Dutch aristocracy and the nation struggles to regain its international standing. An unusual horticulture prize is devised as a way to channel the country's attention toward something positive, and an unlikely romance blossoms as a result |
| Notes |
"First published in 1850"--Page 2 |
| Subject |
Witt, Johan de, 1625-1672 -- Fiction
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| SUBJECT |
Witt, Johan de, 1625-1672 fast |
| Subject |
Tulip Mania, 1634-1637 -- Fiction
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FICTION -- General.
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Tulip Mania, 1634-1637
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| SUBJECT |
Netherlands -- History -- 1648-1714 -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Netherlands
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Fiction
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781775450474 |
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1775450473 |
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