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The story begins in 1672, with a historic event: the lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, considered rebels against the upcoming stadtholder and the Prince of Orange, William III . The plot takes place while tulip mania grips the Netherlands. The main fictional character, Cornelius Van Baerle, belongs ...
- Alexandre Dumas
- 1850
May 11, 2018 · Chapter 4. The Murderers The young man with his hat slouched over his eyes, still leaning on the arm of the officer, and still wiping from time to time his brow with his handkerchief, was watching in a corner of the Buytenhof, in the shade of the overhanging weather-board of a closed shop, the doings of the infuriated mob, a spectacle which seemed to draw near its catastrophe.
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Jeffrey Somers. Updated on September 21, 2018. The Black Tulip, by Alexandre Dumas, is a work of historical fiction that mixes actual events in the Netherlands in the 17th century with fictional characters and events.
Jul 1, 1997 · The black tulip Note: Translation of La tulipe noire Credits: Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Subject: Tulip Mania, 1634-1637 -- Fiction Subject: Witt, Johan de, 1625-1672 -- Fiction Subject
The Black Tulip. Alexandre Dumas. Standard Ebooks - Fiction. After the conviction of two prominent politicians for sedition, Dumas’s story focuses on the trial of an accused collaborator: one...
Introduction. La Tulipe Noire. (1850) A deceptively simple story and the shortest of Dumas's most famous novels, The Black Tulip weaves historical events surrounding a brutal murder into a tale of romantic love.
Feb 22, 2024 · BLACK TULIP. A New Edition. New York; 416, BROOME STREET. This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Return to the top of the page.
