- Hardcover: 360 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (4 Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 000224182X
- ISBN-13: 978-0002241823
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,233,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘The botanical warfare and historical accuracy is an ingenious diversion from a love affair ripening sweetly under your nose. To be read with bulb catalogue in one hand and the other poised for page turning’
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A magnificent novel that vividly evokes the atmosphere of a seventeenth century English country estate, and the seething intrigue of Rembrandt’s Amsterdam where the population is in the grip of a fever of tulip trading.
It is the Summer of 1636. In England botanist John Nightingale hides from his dangerous past at Hawkridge House, deep in the tranquillity of the countryside.
In Holland, the population is gripped by a fever of speculation. Fortunes are gambled on the commodity markets, trading in spices, grain and even rare tulips.
Blackmailed into leaving Hawkridge to join an elaborate money-making scheme in Amsterdam, a city of frenzied greed and luxury, haunted by the ever-nearer demons of his past, and falling in love with two very different women, John Nightingale must learn quickly the ways of the world.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
...would indeed be an insufficient way of describing this wonderful living, breathing gem of a book. Set in the 17th century, the plot revolves around John Nightingale, passionate horticulturist with a dark past, who is blackmailed into leaving his beloved manor. Forced out of his Eden in order to achieve the impossible for people whom he hates, he sets out for Amsterdam, and the mania for tulips that rages there, but as it turns out, the original quest he was given might not be the most difficult one after all... An enjoyable book if I ever read one, The Lady Tree made me want to grow tulips, become a "player" on the stock market and fall in love, all at once. Do read it. Now leave me be, as I am off to seek out Ms. Dickasons other books!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Set in the early part of the 17th century, at the height of "Tulipmania" this is a dense and rich piece of historical fiction. John Nightingale becomes caught up in the trade of tulips and the underground speculative society of Amsterdam. Amsterdam is so well-described I could smell it. Here fortunes hang on a bulb that could be an onion, or on the other hand could be a tulip worth millions. Nightingale has a past, and an enemy who casts a shadow over all his actions, and during the novel he meets two very different women, both of whom engineer a hold on his heart. Christie Dickason's style is like a rich tapestry, with similes galore and plenty of well-researched historical fact peppering every page. If Tracey Chevalier is nouvelle cuisine, then Christie Dickason is the full christmas banquet with crackers and all the trimmings. Both diets are highly recommended.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I could hardly put this book down; I found the characters utterly credible & longed to find out what would happen to them. The historical detail is incorporated in a charming & unobtrusive manner. I am now reading the second book of the trilogy which seems as good so far!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Tulips on the Stock Exchange
Brilliant. I had read Philippa Gregory's novel about the trade in tulips and thought this might not come up to her standard. I couldn't have been more wrong. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2009 by Jane Baker
Fabulous - a must read!
This book is simply amazing! From England to the Low Countries it goes at a fast pace, and sends you in the magical world of the tulip mania. Read more
Published on 10 May 2002 by Oscar Clancy
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