The black tulip / Alexandre Dumas ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Buss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870.

Contributor:

Buss, Robin.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Tulipe noir. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Tulip Mania, 1634-1637--Fiction.

Tulip Mania, 1634-1637.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxvi, 246 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Penguin, 2003.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0140448926

OCLC:

51528417