![]() ![]() How is he ever to create the black tulip now? Thus it comes as a complete surprise to Cornelius when he’s arrested for treason and sentenced to death. Nor does Cornelius realize that he has inadvertently made an enemy of his next door neighbor, rival tulip breeder Isaac Boxtel. It doesn’t hurt that he’s independently wealthy already, so he doesn’t have to worry about a lack of funding while he concentrates on the project.Ĭornelius van Baerle is entirely indifferent to politics, so is unaware that his godfather and namesake Cornelius de Witt and his brother Johan de Witt are in deep trouble with the supporters of William of Orange, the new Stadhouder of Holland. He’s a medical doctor who knows something of science, a skilled painter, so knows something of art, and absolutely obsessed with tulips. ![]() Cornelius van Baerle of the sleepy village of Dordrecht is one of the leading contenders for the prize. The year is 1672, and the Haarlem Tulip Society has offered a hundred thousand florin prize to the tulip breeder who can create a black tulip, without imperfection or spot of other color. ![]() Book Review: The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas ![]()
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