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The Black Tulip

by Alexandre Dumas
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The Black Tulip is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas. The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen - considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity. It then unfold around The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, that has set a prize of 100,000 guilders to the person who can grow something very rare; a black tulip, sparking competition between the country's best gardeners to win the money, honor and fame. The novel follows the young Cornelius van Baerle, who almost succeeded in cultivating a black tulip when thrown into the Loevestein prison. Here Cornelius meets the jailer's daughter, Rosa, and a romance has begun.-

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  • Release date

    January 4, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9789176392614

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9789176392614
      • File size: 422 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1160
    • Text Difficulty: 8-9

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1160
  • Text Difficulty:8-9

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