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Mike Dash

Tulipomania

The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions it Aroused

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'A fascinating exploration of human greed and self-delusion and also a tribute to our ageless search for beauty' DEBORAH MOGGACH.In 1630s' Holland thousands of people, from the wealthiest merchants to the lowest street traders, were caught up in a frenzy of buying and selling. The object of the speculation was not oil or gold, but the tulip, a delicate and exotic bloom that had just arrived from the east. Over three years, rare tulip bulbs changed hands for sums that would have bought a house in Amsterdam: a single bulb could sell for more than £300,000 at today's prices. Fortunes were made overnight, but then lost when, within a year, the ma… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-78022-057-4
  • EAN: 9781780220574
  • Produktnummer: 26222222
  • Verlag: Orion
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 1'731 KB

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