The black tulip /
Love, jealousy, and a floral obsession combine to produce riveting drama in Alexandre Dumas's last major historical novel Cornelius von Baerle lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But when his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwit...
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2003
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Summary: | Love, jealousy, and a floral obsession combine to produce riveting drama in Alexandre Dumas's last major historical novel Cornelius von Baerle lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But when his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in a deadly political intrigue. Falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival, Cornelius is condemned to life in prison. His only comfort is Rosa, the jailer's beautiful daughter, who helps him concoct a plan to grow the black tulip in secret. As Robin Buss explains in his informative introduction, Dumas infuses his story with elements from the history of the Dutch Republic (including two brutal murders) and Holland's seventeenth-century "tulipmania" phenomenon "Cornelius van 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 a 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's last major historical novel is a tale of romantic love, jealousy and obsession, interweaving historical events surrounding the brutal murders of two Dutch statesmen in 1672 with the phenomenon of tulipomania that gripped seventeenth-century Holland. This new translation follows the unabridged edition of 1865 and includes a chronology and list of further reading. In his introduction, Robin Buss discusses Dumas's use of elements from the history of the Dutch Republic, tulipomania and the paintings of the period, and places the novel in the context of Dumas's life and career."--Page 4 of cover |
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Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
Physical Description: | 246 p. ; 20 cm 246 pages ; 20 cm 288 p. ; 20 cm xxvi, 246 pages ; 20 cm xxvi, [i], 246 p. ; 20 cm xxvi, [i], 246 pages ; 20 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvii]) Includes bibliographical references (pages [xxvii]) Includes bibliographical references |
ISBN: | 0140448926 (pbk.) : 0140448926 (pbk.) 0140448926 9780140448924 |