The Black Tulip

7 hrs. 55 min.

Language Russian

Author Alexandre Dumas

Narrator Vladimir Sandul

Description

The Netherlands. 1672, later called “the year of disasters.” The French army invaded the territory of the United Provinces, and enraged Dutchmen lynch the head of their government, Jan de Witt, and his brother Cornelis. What’s more, the country was swept up in a real tulip mania.

Huge fortunes are made on tulips—and the same tulips ruin the richest people in the country. Everyone trades tulips: aristocrats and commoners, merchants and politicians. For tulips you sell honor, conscience, and even a woman’s love. But one day, the gardener Cornelius van Berle manages to find a way to grow a rare flower of the most incredible coloring and beauty. This treasure can make him rich forever—or cost him his life.