The Black Tulip

Alexandre Dumas

⏱ 8 minAdventure classic

A gentle Dutchman who cares for nothing but growing tulips stakes everything on breeding the first perfect black one -- and is flung into prison by a jealous rival, tending his precious bulbs from behind bars with the help of the gaoler's daughter. Dumas's jewel-like historical romance.

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