The Black Tulip

by Alexandre Dumas

Language: English

Published: 1850-01-01. 74,001 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical

Content Rating: Older than 17

Doctor Cornelius van Baerle, is unwittingly implicated in a conspiracy, is arrested, stripped of his possessions, and imprisoned in a fortress. There, he focuses on cultivating the world's first black tulip. He entrusts the precious bulbs to Rosa, the daughter of his jailer, Gryphus, who risks everything to aid him in nurturing the bloom in secret