The Black Tulip

ISBN-13: 9781539564645 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 330 str.

Alexandre Dumas

Opis

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; Gradually only does the reader Understand ITS Connection with the killing of the de Witt brothers.