Tulip Fever: bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Mar 2012 · Random House
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'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.
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.
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3.4
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Hendrika Ono
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November 28, 2016
17th century holland in the grip of tulip fever. A wife and her lover conspire to escape from a loveless marriage by winning the tulip gamble.
Antonia Mcgregor
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January 7, 2015
I enjoyed this book it offered me a lot of escapism its very hard to find the book in uk book shops so I bought it off here and its a really good novel my favourite characters were maria and willem because theyre a cute couple and maria is like my personality so I relate to her a lot
Kelsey Farish
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April 18, 2017
The plot in this novel is inspired, but execution left much to be desired. Wanted to like it, but found it somewhat lacking in depth and character development.
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About the author
Deborah Moggach is the author of many successful novels including Tulip Fever and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which was made into a top-grossing film starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith. Her screenplays include the film of Pride and Prejudice, which was nominated for a BAFTA. She lives in Wales.
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