Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions it Aroused - Softcover

Dash, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753827999 ISBN 13: 9780753827994

Verlag: W&N, 2010

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'A marvellous parable of greed, skulduggery, opulence, extravagance and retribution.' - Simon Singh. '[Dash] has the storyteller's knack of making his readers feel present in the sweaty, smoke-filled taverns of Haarlem...a shining tribute to this extraordinary flower.' - TLS.

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'A fascinating exploration of human greed and self-delusion and also a tribute to our ageless search for beauty' DEBORAH MOGGACH.

In 1630s' Holland thousands of people, from the wealthiest merchants to the lowest street traders, were caught up in a frenzy of buying and selling. The object of the speculation was not oil or gold, but the tulip, a delicate and exotic bloom that had just arrived from the east. Over three years, rare tulip bulbs changed hands for sums that would have bought a house in Amsterdam: a single bulb could sell for more than £300,000 at today's prices. Fortunes were made overnight, but then lost when, within a year, the market collapsed.

Mike Dash recreates this bizarre episode in European history, separating myth from reality. He traces the hysterical boom and devastating bust, bringing to life a colourful cast of characters, and beautifully evoking Holland's Golden Age.

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• Verlag: W&N
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0753827999
• ISBN 13: 9780753827994
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320