The Black Tulip Contributor(s): Edibooks (Editor), Dumas, Alexandre (Author) |
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ISBN: 1533182590 ISBN-13: 9781533182593 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $10.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Historical Events - Literary Collections - Drama |
Dewey: 843.7 |
Lexile Measure: 1160 |
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.69 lbs) 230 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 following eighteen months; only gradually does the reader understand its connection with the killing of the de Witt brothers. |