Cornelius von 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 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’ last major historical novel is a tale of romantic love, jealousy and obsession, interweaving historical events surrounding the brutal murders of two Dutch statesman in 1672 with the phenomenon of tulipomania that gripped seventeenth-century Holland…
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9781531285746 ● 文件大小 1.0 MB ● 出版者 Ozymandias Press ● 发布时间 2016 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 6175161 ● 复制保护 无
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