pickThis 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!! 3y
vlwelser @TheAromaofBooks nonfiction books about flowers should always have color photos. 3y
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]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused 3y
Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Arousedvlwelser @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? 3y
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