The tulip, a much coveted and fleetingly beautiful commodity in Holland during the Dutch Golden Age comes to symbolise the greedy, lustful and out of control parts of the relationship between Sophia and her lover Jan and how money, greed and lust can drive people over the edge and into depravity. In this richly imagined international bestseller, Deborah Moggach has created the rarest of novels-a lush, lyrical work of fiction that is also compulsively. However there are many surprising twists and turns in this novel, with a very clever final denouement that can’t be anticipated. The couple pose for a vanity portrait, engaging the help of a handsome young artist (Jan). The encounters between a lonely young wife (Sophia) who is reluctantly betrothed to wealthy much older man (Cornelis) are believable and written in a rich, compelling and riveting way. Tulip Fever tells the tale of Sophia, a young woman in 17th century Amsterdam, married to a much older man. Although this is not done in a cliched way. In this richly imagined international bestseller, Deborah Moggach has created the rarest of novelsa lush, lyrical work of fiction that is also compulsively readable. If you enjoyed that other iconic historical novel set in this part of the world Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracey Chevalier, then I think you will also enjoy this book.Īlthough this takes the long-suffering and stifled lust of a Girl with a Pearl Earring and instead turns up about ten notches for dramatic effect.
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