The Lady Tree (Paperback, New edition)

Dynamic historical novel hinging on 17th-century phenomenon of tulip bulbs rivalling gold and rubies as fortune-makers (and losers) on the Amsterdam bourse, and an English countryhouse with lovingly-contrived gardens. Combining old and new murders with a grim search for vengeance this tale, based on historical events, is superbly written - passionate and elegant. Very, very, good. (Kirkus UK)

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.

General

Imprint:	HarperCollinsPublishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1999
Authors:	Christie Dickason
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	544
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-651357-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Espionage & spy thriller
LSN:	0-00-651357-3
Barcode:	9780006513575

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