The Black Tulip (Mobi Classics)
Kids, Teen, Action/Adventure, Fiction & Literature, Classics, Action Suspense
| Author: | Alexandre Dumas | ISBN: | 9781607780403 |
| Publisher: | MobileReference | Publication: | January 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | MobileReference | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alexandre Dumas |
| ISBN: | 9781607780403 |
| Publisher: | MobileReference |
| Publication: | January 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | MobileReference |
| Language: | English |
The Black Tulip is an historical fiction novel written by Alexandre Dumas, pere.The story begins with a historical event -- the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen -- considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity.The main plot line, involving fictional characters, takes place in the year and a half later; only gradually does the reader understand its connection with the killing of the de Witt brothers.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The Black Tulip is an historical fiction novel written by Alexandre Dumas, pere.The story begins with a historical event -- the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen -- considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity.The main plot line, involving fictional characters, takes place in the year and a half later; only gradually does the reader understand its connection with the killing of the de Witt brothers.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
