![]() ![]() ![]() In this novel the main character, Cornelius, is a tulip-fancier during the tulip boom of Holland–a period of history in with a single bulb bred in a unique way would have been worth thousands to the tulip obsessed.Ī contest is announced: there is a great money reward for anyone who can raise a black tulip, jet-black, not dark brown or purple. The closest you can get to a black tulip is a very dark brown or purple one. I had never thought of it before, but having read Tulipomania by Mike Dash a couple of weeks later, I found out that it’s impossible for a completely black tulip to exist. One of his lesser-known works–I had no idea about it until I found it by chance while scrolling the Kindle store– The Black Tulip has the elements of tension that make a good action novel and tragedy to give it a gothic tone.Īll of this is softened, I believe, by the love story. Now I think that it’s time this beautiful piece of literature was talked about. I waited a for quite while after finishing The Black Tulip before writing about it I wanted to let it sit in my heart. It hardly seems fair that one family should produce stories so beautiful as The Black Tulip by Dumas Senior and Camille by his son, but I will talk about Camille later. ![]() In the past month I have discovered two beautiful romance stories written by the Dumas family.ĭid you know that Alexandre Dumas’ son also became a writer? Neither did I, until I read Camille and it was stated in the introduction. ![]()
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