The Black Tulip (Summarized Edition)

Set against the Dutch "Rampjaar" of 1672 and the lynching of the De Witt brothers, The Black Tulip entwines political terror with a horticultural quest. Cornelius van Baerle, wrongfully imprisoned in Loevestein, and Rosa Gryphus, the jailer's daughter, guard the fragile bulbs that may win Haarlem's prize for the first black tulip, while envious Isaac Boxtel plots theft. Dumas fuses the historical ...