num_pages: 288
description: A deceptively simple story and the shortest of Dumas's most famous novels, The Black Tulip (1850) weaves historical events surrounding a brutal murder into a tale of romantic love. Set in Holland in 1672, this timeless political allegory draws on the violence and crimes of history, making a case against tyranny and creating a symbol of justice and tolerance: the fateful tulipa negra.
language: English
title: The Black Tulip
titlecomplete: The Black Tulip
characters: Johan de Witt, Cornelis de Witt, Rosa Gryphus, Cornelius van Baerle, Isaac Boxtel, William III of England and II of Scotland, Gryphus
genres: Fiction, Historical, France, Adventure, French Literature, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 19660
places: The Hague, Dordrecht, Haarlem, Netherlands
publisher: Oxford University Press