Tulipomania
Subtitle: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
Publisher: Crown
Published: February 29, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780609604397
First sentence: They came from all over Holland, dressed like crows in black from head to foot and journeying along frozen tracks rendered treacherous by the scars of a thousand hooves and narrow wheels.