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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7182.The_Black_Tulip?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Black Tulip (Penguin Classics)" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1165607674m/7182.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7182.The_Black_Tulip?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Black Tulip</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4785.Alexandre_Dumas">Alexandre Dumas</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14669091?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>The story of developing a perfectly black tulip is set against the backdrop of William the Orange's ascent to position of Stadtholder (spelling?) of Holland. I have pretty much all good things to say of it. The one bit I found a little strange was that William the Orange grows from crafting the murder of two innocent men, to feeling remorse at the imprisonment of a third. Need to study history on that one! From other books peripherally related to William the Orange (Lorna Doone, Micah Clarke, etc), he seemed to be a great favorite in England, and well loved by the Dutch. I am interested to know more about his actual history. <br/> <br/> <br/>I read the electronic version. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/877281?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>