The Black Tulip
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Summary: 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.
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Updated: 2010-05-27
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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.
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