The Black Tulip By Alexandre Dumas
The Black Tulip proffers the readers a full magnanimous range of human emotions, ranging from hatred, greed, loyalty, jealousy, obsession, and above all the 3 most striking emotions of tolerance, love, and dedication!` The first-seven chapters with gruesome political-historical content turned out to be tough and gritty for me ( due to my oblivion towards the topic ). The first few chapters put forward the cruel ghastly politics of the 17th-century Dutch , where 2 dutchmen are butchered by the mob (in the course of the political state of affairs)! Once I was past these tough chapters, the story gathered for me and I stayed riveted. Without imperiling the readers interest and not sharing any spoilers (I guess the blurb reveals a lot more 😊 )- Two brothers are murdered by the mob in course of political events, and the main character of the story Cornelius (the godson of one of the brothers), fanatic about tulips , is wrongly incarcerated, due to the j...