![]() ![]() Then he takes the challenge of growing the black tulip. The prosperous Cornelius Van Baerle, godson of Cornelius de Witt, starts the liking of growing tulips in his state. Also, the gardener would perpetuate his name in history by the tulip's recorded name. At stake was not only the prize, but fame and honour. The city of Haarlem had set the prize of 100,000 Francs to whoever could grow a black tulip. Therefore, he who despises the tulip offends God beyond measure". The tulip is the most beautiful of all flowers, The more beautiful the flower is, the more does one offend God in despising it, The main fictional character, Cornelius Van Baerle, belongs to the natural school, whose motto was: "To despise flowers is to offend God", and thus followed the syllogism: The plot takes place while tulip mania grips the Netherlands. The story begins with a historic event of 1672: the lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, considered rebels against the stadtholder and the Prince of Orange, William III. The Black Tulip is a historical novel and a work of Romantic poetry written by Alexandre Dumas, père, and first published in 1850. ![]()
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