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This title explores human greed and self-delusion and is also a tribute to the ageless search for beauty,
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In 1630s Holland thousands of people, from the wealthiest merchants to the lowliest 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 Far East.Over three years rare tulip bulbs changed hands for sums that would have bought a house in Amsterdam. Fortunes were made overnight but then lost when, within a year, the market collapsed - with disastrous consequences. Mike Dash follows the hysterical boom and devastating bust, beautifully evoking Holland's Golden Age.
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