Download or read book THE BLACK TULIP OR SCENES IN AFRICA ALEXANDRE DUMAS Classic Edition Illustrations written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornelius von Baerle, a respectable tulip-grower, lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation. But after his powerful godfather is assassinated, the unwitting Cornelius becomes caught up in deadly political intrigue and is falsely accused of high treason by a bitter rival. Condemned to life imprisonment, his only comfort is Rosa, the jailer's beautiful daughter, and together they concoct a plan to grow the black tulip in secret. Dumas' last major historical novel is a tale of romantic love, jealousy and obsession, interweaving historical events surrounding the brutal murders of two Dutch statesman in 1672 with the phenomenon of tulipomania that gripped seventeenth-century Holland.
Download or read book THE BLACK TULIP OR SCENES IN AFRICA BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS Annotated Illustrations written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the 20th of August, 1672, the city of the Hague, always so lively, so neat, and so trim that one might believe every day to be Sunday, with its shady park, with its tall trees, spreading over its Gothic houses, with its canals like large mirrors, in which its steeples and its almost Eastern cupolas are reflected, -the city of the Hague, the capital of the Seven United Provinces, was swelling in all its arteries with a black and red stream of hurried, panting, and restless citizens, who, with their knives in their girdles, muskets on their shoulders, or sticks in their hands, were pushing on to the Buytenhof, a terrible prison, the grated windows of which are still shown, where, on the charge of attempted murder preferred against him by the surgeon Tyckelaer, Cornelius de Witt, the brother of the Grand Pensionary of Holland was confined.If the history of that time, and especially that of the year in the middle of which our narrative commences, were not indissolubly connected with the two names just mentioned, the few explanatory pages which we are about to add might appear quite supererogatory; but we will, from the very first, apprise the reader-our old friend, to whom we are wont on the first page to promise amusement, and with whom we always try to keep our word as well as is in our power-that this explanation is as indispensable to the right understanding of our story as to that of the great event itself on which it is based.Cornelius de Witt, Ruart de Pulten, that is to say, warden of the dikes, ex-burgomaster of Dort, his native town, and member of the Assembly of the States of Holland, was forty-nine years of age, when the Dutch people, tired of the Republic such as John de Witt, the Grand Pensionary of Holland, understood it, at once conceived a most violent affection for the Stadtholderate, which had been abolished for ever in Holland by the "Perpetual Edict" forced by John de Witt upon the United Provinces.As it rarely happens that public opinion, in its whimsical flights, does not identify a principle with a man, thus the people saw the personification of the Republic in the two stern figures of the brothers De Witt, those Romans of Holland, spurning to pander to the fancies of the mob, and wedding themselves with unbending fidelity to liberty without licentiousness, and prosperity without the waste of superfluity; on the other hand, the Stadtholderate recalled to the popular mind the grave and thoughtful image of the young Prince William of Orange.The brothers De Witt humoured Louis XIV., whose moral influence was felt by the whole of Europe, and the pressure of whose material power Holland had been made to feel in that marvellous campaign on the Rhine, which, in the space of three months, had laid the power of the United Provinces prostrate
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Download or read book Marguerite de Valois Or Scenes in Africa written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: gave this tale a 5 star rating because I enjoy reading historical fiction, and Alexander Dumas never disappoints! He weaves the characters in and out of the situations and brings it all together in the end. It is truly a masterpiece of literature that could serve as an example of how to keep your readers interested. His portrayal of Catharine De Medici was a huge surprise to me. You must read it to get the full picture of what a commanding, manipulative, evil person she was. From the beginning, I made a family tree to keep all of the characters straight. I referred to it from time to time.
Download or read book The Romances of Alexandre Dumas The Black Tulip to which is Added The Ball of Snow And Sultanetta written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Novels and Tales of Alexandre Dumas written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1911* with total page 775 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Romances Of Alexandre Dumas The Black Tulip To Which Is Added The Ball Of Snow And Sultanetta written by Alexandre Dumas and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Alexandre Dumas' romantic novels includes one of his most popular works, 'The Black Tulip', which tells the story of a man's quest to grow the elusive black tulip in order to win a prize and the heart of his beloved. Also included are two other captivating tales of love and adventure, 'The Ball of Snow' and 'Sultanetta'. Dumas' masterful storytelling and vivid characters bring these stories to life and make them a must-read for lovers of classic romance. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Black Tulip written by Alexandre Dumas and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2018-05-11T02:13:02Z with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the conviction of two prominent politicians for sedition, Dumas’s story focuses on the trial of an accused collaborator: one Cornelius van Baerle, whose only wish is to grow his tulips in peace. His crowning achievement is set to be the impossible black tulip, a feat worth one hundred thousand guilders from the Horticultural Society of Haarlem, but before he can sprout the bulb he’s imprisoned with only the daughter of the prison warden to give him a glimmer of hope. Set a few decades after the tulip mania of the 1630s, Alexandre Dumas’s novel opens with a historical incident: the mob killing of Johan and Cornelius de Witt, then high up in the government. Dumas successfully balances the romance of the protagonist’s love for both the heroine and his precious tulip with a quest to prove his innocence and thwart the schemes of his rival tulip-fancier Boxtel. The Black Tulip was originally published in three volumes in French in 1850; presented here is the 1902 translation by publisher P. F. Collier & Son. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
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Download or read book ALEXANDRE DUMAS 40 Historical Novels Adventure Classics True Crime Stories Illustrated written by Alexandre Dumas and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 11958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of Alexandre Dumas' historical novels, adventure classics & true crime stories has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. The D'Artagnan Romances The Three Musketeers Twenty Years After The Vicomte of Bragelonne Ten Years Later Louise da la Valliere The Man in the Iron Mask The Valois Trilogy Queen Margot (Marguerite de Valois) Chicot de Jester: La Dame de Monsoreau The Forty-Five Guardsmen The Memoirs of a Physician - Marie Antoinette Series Joseph Balsamo: The Magician The Mesmerist's Victim: Andrea de Taverney The Queen's Necklace Taking the Bastile: Ange Pitou The Countess de Charny: The Execution of King Louis XVI Other Novels The Count of Monte Cristo The Conspirators: The Chevalier d'Harmental The Regent's Daughter The Hero of the People The Royal Life-Guard Captain Paul The Sicilian Bandit The Corsican Brothers The Companions of Jehu The Wolf Leader The Black Tulip The Last Vendee The Prussian Terror Short Stories A Masked Ball Solange Celebrated crimes The Borgias The Cenci Massacres of the South Mary Stuart Karl-Ludwig Sand Urbain Grandier Nisida Derues La Constantin Joan of Naples The Man in the Iron Mask (An Essay) Martin Guerre Ali Pacha The Countess De Saint-Geran Murat The Marquise De Brinvilliers Vaninka The Marquise De Ganges Essays Alexandre Dumas by W. E. Henley A Gossip on a Novel of Dumas's by Robert Louis Stevenson Alexandre Dumas by Andrew Lang To Alexandre Dumas by Andrew Lang Biography Alexandre Dumas by Adolphe Cohn Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870) was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. His most famous works are The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
Download or read book The Neapolitan Lovers by Alexandre Dumas Delphi Classics Illustrated written by Alexandre Dumas and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Neapolitan Lovers’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Alexandre Dumas’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Dumas includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Neapolitan Lovers’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Dumas’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
Download or read book Dumas Romances The regent s daughter The black tulip written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
