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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog alternative "Tulipe noire. English".
- catalog contributor b12872599.
- catalog contributor b12872600.
- catalog coverage "Netherlands History 1648-1714 Fiction.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvii]).".
- catalog extent "xxvi, [i], 246 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Black tulip.".
- catalog identifier "0140448926 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Black tulip.".
- catalog isPartOf "Penguin classics".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Penguin Books,".
- catalog relation "Black tulip.".
- catalog spatial "Netherlands History 1648-1714 Fiction.".
- catalog subject "843/.7 22".
- catalog subject "PQ2229.T8 E5 2003".
- catalog subject "Tulip Mania, 1634-1637 Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Witt, Johan de, 1625-1672 Fiction.".
- catalog title "The black tulip / Alexandre Dumas ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Buss.".
- catalog title "Tulipe noire. English".
- catalog type "Allegories. gsafd".
- catalog type "Biographical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "Biographical fiction.".
- catalog type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".