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The Black Tulip
Alexandre Dumas
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Description for The Black Tulip
Paperback. Translator(s): Demmler, Franz. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Alexandre Dumas's novels are notable for their suspense and excitement, their foul deeds, hairsbreadth escapes, and glorious victories. In The Black Tulip (1850), the shortest of Dumas's most famous tales, the real hero is no Musketeer, but a flower. The novel - a deceptively simple story - is set in Holland in 1672, and weaves the historical events surrounding the brutal murder of John de Witte and his brother Cornelius into a tale of romantic love. The novel is also a timeless political allegory in which Dumas, drawing on the violence and crimes of history, makes his case against tyranny ... Read more
Alexandre Dumas's novels are notable for their suspense and excitement, their foul deeds, hairsbreadth escapes, and glorious victories. In The Black Tulip (1850), the shortest of Dumas's most famous tales, the real hero is no Musketeer, but a flower. The novel - a deceptively simple story - is set in Holland in 1672, and weaves the historical events surrounding the brutal murder of John de Witte and his brother Cornelius into a tale of romantic love. The novel is also a timeless political allegory in which Dumas, drawing on the violence and crimes of history, makes his case against tyranny ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199540464
SKU
V9780199540464
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