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Tulip Fever

'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.

A story of love, deceit, changelings, and mistaken identity worthy of a Restoration dramatist

Daily Mail

About Deborah Moggach

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.
Details
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9780099288855
  • Length: 288 pages
  • Dimensions: 197mm x 18mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 205g
  • Price: £9.99
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