β Dumas, Alexandre; Coward, David; Demmler, Franz
π Fiction
π
2000
π Oxford University Press
π English
β 162 KB
π 1 views
β¦ LIBER β¦
The Black Tulip
β Scribed by Alexandre Dumas
- Publisher
- Macmillan Heinemann ELT
- Year
- 2008;2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
The tulip craze of 17th century Holland has a dark side! Cornelius van Baerle, a wealthy but naove tulip grower, finds himself entangled in the deadly politics of his time. Cornelius' one desire is to grow the perfect black tulip. But, after his godfather is murdered, he finds himself in prison, facing a death sentence. His jailer's lovely daughter holds the key to his survival and his chance to produce the precious black blossom. Yet he has one more enemy to contend with!
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
β Dumas, Alexandre;
π Fiction
π
2017
π Dover Publications
π English
β 134 KB
"A prize of 100,000 florins awaits the gardener who can produce a black tulip, a rich reward that incites a deadly competition. Set in 17th-century Holland, this historical novel by the author of The Three Musketeers forms a timeless political allegory in which the rare flower represents the triumph
β Dashiell Hammett
π Fiction
π
2017
π Editions Gallimard
π French
β 52 KB
π 1 views
Roman inachevΓ©, Tulip passe presque inaperΓ§u lors de sa publication en 1966 et demeure mΓ©connu. Ultime fiction de l'auteur du Faucon maltais, le texte, rΓ©digΓ© aprΓ¨s la Seconde Guerre mondiale, alors que Hammett nβΓ©crit plus depuis des annΓ©es, exerce pourtant une force de fascination singuliΓ¨re. Peut
Tulip Fever
β Deborah Moggach
π Fiction
π
2007
π Random House Publishing Group;Dial Press
π English
β 358 KB
π 1 views
A tale of art, beauty, lust, greed, deception and retribution -- set in a refined society ablaze with tulip fever. In 1630s Amsterdam, tulipomania has seized the populace. Everywhere men are seduced by the fantastic exotic flower. But for wealthy merchant Cornelis Sandvoort, it is his young and
Amish Tulip
β Samantha Price
π Fiction
π Samantha Price
π English
β 107 KB
Now Rose has married, Nancy Yoder turns her attention to Tulip. Will Nancy need to be so forceful with finding Tulip a husband? After all, Tulip is her smart daughter. While Nancy is occupied organizing community events, Tulip agrees to go on a buggy ride with someone her mother would not approve
The black tulip: a novel of war in Afgha
β Milton Bearden
π Fiction
π
2002;1998
π Random House Publishing Group;Random House Trade P
π English
β 261 KB
Set in the treacherous mountains of Afghanistan and the equally hazardous headquarters of the CIA Operations Directorate in Washington, **The Black Tulip** is a fast-paced thriller, based on real events, by the legendary spy who masterminded the plot to arm Afghan freedom fighters in their holy war