The Black Tulip: A Romance (The Heritage Press)

Red cloth, black stamped titles and decorations. Translated into English from the original French by S.J. Adair Fitz-Gerald, with an introduction by Ben Ray Redman. A deceptively simple story and the shortest of Dumas's most famous novels, The Black Tulip (1850) weaves historical events surrounding a brutal murder into a tale of romantic love. Set in Holland in 1672, this timeless political allegory draws on the violence and crimes of history, making a case against tyranny and creating a symbol of justice and tolerance: the fateful tulipa negra.