vivdunstan: Photo of some of my books (books)
Just read and enjoyed The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas, set in Holland in 1672. It’s remarkably short by his standards, but I found it compelling and tightly written. The tale of a mild mannered tulip grower who gets caught up in the fallout from violent real life Dutch political events (this bit is very gruesome: be warned), while at the same time trying to grow a fabled black tulip. There’s also romance, and intrigue galore. Recommended.
vivdunstan: Photo of some of my books (books)
Before I get back to the Wheel of Time I want to read more short books. I considered several options just now - I have a huge backlog of Kindle books, many ones that I wanted that had plunged dramatically in price so I snapped them up for later. I have settled on the Penguin Classics edition of Alexandre Dumas's The Black Tulip, set in 17th century Holland at the time of "Tulipmania". It's a short read but looks fun, and I've greatly enjoyed other books by him in modern translations. Here's what the book cover looks like.

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