The Black Tulip

«The Black Tulip» – one of the most unusual novels by the great Dumas. The events of the novel take place not in the writer's native France, but in Holland during the legendary «tulip fever» of the 17th century. Huge fortunes are made on tulips, – and those same tulips ruin the wealthiest people in the country. Everyone trades in tulips: aristocrats and commoners, merchants and politicians. Honor, conscience, and even a woman's love are sold for tulips. But one day, the gardener Cornelius van Baerle manages to find a way to grow a flower of the rarest color and incredible beauty. This treasure could enrich him forever - or cost him his life…