Tulip Fever

Description

Product ID:	9780099288855
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Tulip Fever
Authors:	Author: Deborah Moggach
Page Count:	288
Subjects:	Historical fiction, Historical fiction, Netherlands, c 1600 to c 1700
Description:	Select Guide Rating Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones who grew rich dealing with the Tulip flower. To celebrate, he commissions a young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception and a reckless gamble. ''A gorgeous novel'' Mail on Sunday *From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* comes a thrilling story of power, lust and deception... Seventeenth-century Amsterdam - a city in the grip of tulip fever. Sophia''s husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his beautiful bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception and a reckless gamble. Now a major film starring Oscar winners Dame Judi Dench, Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz and adapted for the screen by Sir Tom Stoppard.**
Imprint Name:	Vintage
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2000-01-06

Weight	206 g
Dimensions	196 × 130 × 19 mm