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Black Tulip
Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas Pere
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A classic of historical fiction by Alexandre Dumas, The Black Tulip follows the events surrounding the lynching in the Netherlands of the Grand Pensionary - the holder of the country's highest political office. An intense yet well-researched book, in writing The Black Tulip Dumas sought to convey with emotion and shock the aftermath one of the most terrible episodes of Dutch history. He constructs an elaborate plot with fictional characters who live in the city of Haarlem which is conducting a competition to see who can grow an authentic black tulip. As a result of the prize offered, and an elder citizen's memory of the Tulip Mania which had enveloped Holland decades earlier, the citizenry enthusiastically make efforts to propagate the black tulip. The affluent and diligently sympathetic Cornelius van Baerle almost succeeds, but is thwarted in his task, in the process setting up a dramatic meeting and rescue. The entire tale plays out over the course of the eighteen months following the killing of the Grand Pensionary and his brother. The events depicted and their significance to the horrific lynching, only become clear toward the tense and dramatic conclusion. Adapted into productions for radio and the screen in the years since its original publication, The Black Tulip remains one of Dumas lesser-known but nevertheless strongly appreciated novels.
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vonnie862
vonnie862
The Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas Pere
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I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. I had no idea that tulips were a big deal in the Netherlands. I was amazed at the obsession of the main character. It was a good story, but it did lose me at parts. 3.5 ⭐️

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#foodandlit2025 @Texreader @Catsandbooks

TheAromaofBooks Several years ago I read a nonfiction book about the tulip craze, and it was so interesting!! (Although pretty much devoid of pictures, which would have added soooo much.) What blew my mind was how much money they were paying for bulbs with no real guarantee as to what that tulip was actually going to look like!
[tagged book]Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
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vonnie862 @TheAromaofBooks It's so crazy to me! 3w
Texreader What a great choice to read for #Netherlands! I ♥️ The Count of Monte Cristo. Trying to decide whether to read this one. 3w
vonnie862 @Texreader it's a quick read so I would try it. 3w
Catsandbooks 🇳🇱🌷 3w
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vlwelser
vlwelser
La Tulipe Noire | Alexandre Dumas
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This book didn't have a cover so this is a photo I took of tulips the last (only) time I was in the Netherlands.

This book is an exciting adventure about the quest to find/create a black tulip. It's typical Dumas. It's a little over the top and you sort of think all the way through that the hero will die and the villain will succeed with his evil plan.

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TheAromaofBooks I read a nonfiction book about tulips a while back which was quite interesting (although tragically lacking in illustrations/photographs). Tulips have had a crazy history!! 4y
vlwelser @TheAromaofBooks nonfiction books about flowers should always have color photos. 4y
TheAromaofBooks Right?? It seemed like such a wasted opportunity! I had to keep stopping to try & look up different varieties of tulips, which, since they were from the 1600s, aren't all still a thing. I was just mind-blown by the fact that during the peak of the tulip mania people were literally paying a year's wages or more for a BULB - that you couldn't even tell for sure was what you were buying since bulbs basically look alike! This was the book by the way -
[tagged book]Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
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vlwelser @TheAromaofBooks That book does sound interesting. Though probably not as exciting as a Dumas novel. There's probably less death and dismemberment for example. But to each his own, right? 4y
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MayJasper
MayJasper
The Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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Day 25 #flowers #CuriousCovers

I thought I would have read many books with covers featuring flowers. Seems not. But I did find this one.

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Beautiful ❤️🌷🖤 4y
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Arvena
Arvena
Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas Pere
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#SundayFunDay

1) The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas :)
2) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Also, I am not fond of Jane Austen books :)
3) Maybe The Book Thief by Markus Zusak or All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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cassareada
cassareada
Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas Pere
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1- Coming back home to see that my friend cleaned my car while I was gone.

2- The Inferno from The Divine Comedy.

3- I don't do basketball, but Go Brew Crew 💙💛💙💛

4- I really liked The Black Tulip for some oddball reason.

@JoScho @rather_be_reading @DannyHattan and anyone else who wants to play 😁😁

#humpdaypost @MinDea @DebbieGrillo

JenReadsAlot Go Brewers! 6y
JoScho 🥰 6y
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EllanaRose
EllanaRose
Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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Well I'm out. I'll put The Black Tulip on my TBR again and read it from start to finish soon.
Good luck to everyone still going!
#24in48 #AudioOnly #DamnYouMigraine

Jess7 I think there is still 11 hours left, but if your on a different time zone you may need to rest! Great job! 7y
EllanaRose @Jess7 - I'm in the UK so different time zone. I started exactly at midnight my time so I'd not get lost as to what time it was XD 7y
Jess7 Oh gotcha!!! 7y
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EllanaRose
EllanaRose
Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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Nap time!
#24in48 #AudioOnly #DamnYouMigraine

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EllanaRose
EllanaRose
Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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Twitter voted and here's the results!
I'm very excited about this. 12 hours to go, and this is about 7 hours long. I already know what I'll read after
#24in48 #AudioOnly #DamnYouMigraine

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writerlibrarian
writerlibrarian
Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas Pere
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Two beautiful covers and two stories where flowers are a metaphor for something much darker. Both are quite good. Flowers make me happy. I buy myself flowers just because I want to. #happinessisresistance #flowers

batsy The Black Tulip cover is gorgeous 🖤 7y
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GabrielleDubois
GabrielleDubois
THE BLACK TULIP (Historical Adventure Novel) | Alexandre Dumas
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I just started The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas.

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MLRio
MLRio
The Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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While it does lack the grand scope of Musketeers, Count of Monte Cristo, or even The Last Cavalier, The Black Tulip is classic Dumas: by turns sweepingly romantic and utterly ridiculous. A good pick for lovers of adventure stories that don't take months to read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Eyelit I read this one forever ago and remember liking it. Perhaps I'm due for a re-read 😄 8y
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MLRio
MLRio
The Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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#quotes #Dumas #AlexandreDumas

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MLRio
MLRio
The Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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God love Dumas and his ridiculous chapter titles. #Dumas #AlexandreDumas #Frenchlit

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MLRio
MLRio
The Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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Found the perfect cozy read for the last days of the year. #Dumas #classics #Frenchlit

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ibeeeg
ibeeeg
Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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This is not a fast paced story, and on the surface it seems rather lame with its steady and slow pace filled with stupid characters and good characters and a plot centering around a black tulip. Amazingly, it all flowed together and captured my attention in a way that I cannot quite put into words. Dumas' storytelling is a treasure that gives me great reading satisfaction. {I finished reading this book on July 3, 2016 ~ rating 4/5 stars}

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CoronationCorgi
CoronationCorgi
The Black Tulip | Alexandre Dumas
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I'm reading too many books at the moment. Luckily, I can read at work.

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