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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... Read Full Overview

'histoire se passe au 17 me si cle en Hollande. Elle d bute pr cis ment en 1672 La Haye, alors que la population est favorable au stathoud rat que Jean de Witt avait aboli dans le pays. Guillaume d'Orange dit le Taciturne, g de vingt-deux ans, prend donc le pouvoir. Mais... Read Full Overview

The story begins with the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary 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. The city... Read Full Overview

A deceptively simple story and the shortest of Dumas's most famous novels, The Black Tulip (1850) weaves historical events surrounding a brutal murder into a tale of romantic love. Set in Holland in 1672, this timeless political allegory draws on the violence and crimes of history,... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

A deceptively simple story and the shortest of Dumas's most famous novels, The Black Tulip (1850) weaves historical events surrounding a brutal murder into a tale of romantic love. Set in Holland in 1672, this timeless political allegory draws on the violence and crimes of history,... Read Full Overview

Los hermanos De Witt, protegidos del gran rey Luis de Francia, encuentras la muerte a manos de la enloquecida poblaci n de La Haya, que les cree culpables de conspiraci n. Pero antes de morir dejar n a su ahijado Cornelius unos comprometedores documentos. Mientras el joven bot... Read Full Overview

In a garden, a prison, and a single perfect flower-an empire of hope.

August 1672: Holland is convulsed by political hysteria and foreign invasion. In The Hague, a mob tears apart Johan and Cornelis de Witt, two of the Republic's greatest statesmen, in an orgy... Read Full Overview

A prize of 100,000 guilders awaits the gardener who can produce a black tulip, a rich reward that incites a bitter competition in 17th-century Holland. Cornelius von Baerle, a gifted and passionate florist, has dedicated himself to cultivating the elusive flower. But a ruthless... Read Full Overview

A deceptively simple story and the shortest of Dumas's most famous novels, The Black Tulip (1850) weaves historical events surrounding a brutal murder into a tale of romantic love. Set in Holland in 1672, this timeless political allegory draws on the violence and crimes of history,... Read Full Overview

El tulip?n negro (La tulipe noire) es una novela hist?rica que comienza con el linchamiento del ministro holand?s Johan de Witt, un hecho hist?rico, y se desarrolla los meses siguientes al asesinato. En la ciudad de Haarlem se organiza un concurso para ver quien puede cultivar... Read Full Overview

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Plongez dans la lecture d'un des plus grands chefs-d'oeuvre de la litt rature fran aise.

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), dramaturge et romancier prolifique, est l'un des auteurs fran ais les plus lus dans le monde.
Paru en 1850,... Read Full Overview

El tulip n negro (La tulipe noire) es una novela hist rica que comienza con el linchamiento del ministro holand s Johan de Witt, un hecho hist rico, y se desarrolla los meses siguientes al asesinato. En la ciudad de Haarlem se organiza un concurso para ver qui n puede cultivar... Read Full Overview

Alexandre Dumas, hijo de una viuda pobre y de un general forzudo, mimado, ind?mito, so?ador, generoso hasta la prodigalidad, aprendi? a leer y a escribir, nada de aritm?tica y un poco de lat?n con el cura del pueblo. Con estas bases, su pasi?n por Shakespeare y sus abundant?simas... Read Full Overview

El tulip n negro (La tulipe noire) es una novela hist rica que comienza con el linchamiento del ministro holand s Johan de Witt, un hecho hist rico, y se desarrolla los meses siguientes al asesinato. En la ciudad de Haarlem se organiza un concurso para ver quien puede cultivar... Read Full Overview