Cornelis had been tortured with the hope that he would confess to plotting with the French king. Love me, Rosa, for I know well that I love you alone. One day, while walking in the streets of Haarlem, I bought a white tulip and gave it to my best friend and said "I'll paint this black when we go home cos you are my Rosa". From that backdrop, fictional characters are created including a godson of Cornelius also named Cornelius who is unjustly imprisoned for high treason, largely because of the connection to his godfather. Hindered by some very unfortunate circumstances they join forces to grow the elusive black tulip.
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Dumas' last major historical novel is a tale of romantic love, jealousy and obsession, interweaving historical events surrounding the brutal murders of two Dutch statesman in with the phenomenon of tulipomania that gripped seventeenth-century Holland.
Marquis de Vigogne Laura Valenzuela Pierre is an antique dealer living in our modern fast paced society. Christina This answer contains spoilers… view spoiler [ It was the letter Cornelis de Witt sent him at the start of the novel telling him to burn the letters he had given him without reading them. I apologize for having first thought she would be insignificant. Dumas wrote this novel when he was maybe 46 or 48? I loved the language, often over the top, extoling the obsession felt by so many characters over the Black Tulip, and the mocking tone of the narration.
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I couldn't put down the book after that. Marco Polo II Oct 30, Jonfaith rated it really liked it.
Alone at night in his cell, alone in his littel bed, he thinks of Rosa: He is aided by his jailer's daughter, Rosa, a possible rival when it comes to the love of his tulip. Ah, Dumas, if I had been told that I would enjoy watching a flower grow, I wouldn't have believed it! Two adventurers and best friends, Laleau and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license.
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A little example in la,eaua last sentence of chapter The young and bourgeois Cornelius van Baerle has almost succeeded but is suddenly thrown into the Loevestein prison. Her strong love for Cornelius drives her through all obstacles with a courage and strength of that of steel, never yielding and finally ensuring justice is done to him. It could almost be described as a shorter, less epic, less complex version of The Count.
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At the height of Tulipomania yes, this existedthe clamor was on for cultivating the ultra-rare Black Tulip. Some plot choices towards the end felt jarring to me but apart from this I did enjoy this simple tale. Add the first question. The danger of covetousne I have read this several times. So when Boxtel learns Cornelius might be on the verge of cultivating a black tulip, stealing the prize out from under him, he hatches a plan which lands the unsuspecting Cornelius in the same shoes and same jail cell as his godfather, accused of treason and facing execution.
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May 02, Veronique rated it liked it Shelves: Taking place in 17th Century Holland, a gifted and passionate florist by the name of Cornelius Van Baerle, has doted his time and inherited fortune on the cultivating of tulips, widely regarded throughout Europe as the most beautiful of flowers.
Then things start to change and obsession for the tulips and each other drive the story forward as shady characters try to thwart their plans.
He was once a well respected gardener, newgra since his rich neighbor van Baerle decided to take up the challenge of raising tulips his own gardens have been neglected. For Cornelius was fucking framed and the asshole who did it knows about the secret bulbing going on between Corny and Rosa.
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Was this review helpful to you? The story holds many themes: Dumas usually paints on a huge canvas but not this time.
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