The Black TulipA deceptively simple story and the shortest of Dumas's most famous novels, The Black Tulip (1850) weaves historical events surrounding a brutal murder into a tale of romantic love. Set in Holland in 1672, this timeless political allegory draws on the violence and crimes of history, making a case against tyranny and creating a symbol of justice and tolerance: the fateful tulipa negra. |
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A Grateful People | 3 |
The Two Brothers | 13 |
The Pupil of John de Witte | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Alexandre Dumas answered Baerle's brothers De Witte Buitenhof bulbs burghers carriage cell CHAPTER child Cornelius De Witte Cornelius Van Baerle Cornelius's Craeke cried Cornelius cried Rosa daughter dear Rosa death door dry-room Dumas Dumas's Dutch executioner eyes father flower French garden girl godfather godson grand black tulip Grand Pensionary grated window Grotius guard Haarlem Hague hand happy heard heart Heaven Highness Holland honour Horticultural Society hundred thousand guilders Isaac Boxtel jailer John De Witte Loevestein look Louis XIV Master Gryphus Monseigneur morning muskets muttered Mynheer Cornelius Mynheer Van Herysen never night officer Orangist pale paper pigeons poor Prince Prince of Orange prisoner replied Rosa's scaffold servant smile Southwold Stadtholder staircase suckers tell thought to-morrow took town trembling tulip-fancier tulip-grower turned round voice watched whilst William of Orange young