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The Amsterdam of the early 17th century has been forever immortalised by the serene, precise domestic realism of the canvases of Vermeer and Rembrandt, and has been studied with meticulous care by Simon Schama in his marvellous book The Embarrassment of Riches. What Schama identified at the heart of the opulent display of conspicuous consumption in Dutch still-life painting was an anxiety about wealth and owning commodities. This ran throughout 17th-century life in the Low Countries, an argument beautifully complemented by Ann Pavord's marvellous book on The Tulip. Deborah Moggach's novel Tulip Fever gives both Schama and Pavord's studies a compelling fictional twist. Set in 1630s Amsterdam, it begins with a typical Renaissance love triangle: a wealthy, elderly merchant Cornelis Sandvoort, his beautiful but frustrated young wife Sophia and the painter who enters their life, Jan van Loos. Commissioned to paint the happy couple's portrait, Jan becomes embroiled in a series of emotional and financial speculations which are to change the character's lives forever. Tulip Fever is a delightfully conceived story which offers a new dimension to what really goes on within the apparently placid domestic interiors of such canvases. --Jerry Brotton (Running time approx 2 hours 20 minutes) Read More

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  • Amazon

    The story of sexual betrayal and human failings in 17th-century Amsterdam, as the characters move inexorably towards a grand deception and a tragic climax.

  • Foyles

    Next week the painter will arrive. My husband is a connoisseur of paintings, our house is filled with them... He lifts a fish on to his plate. He is a collector of beautiful things. Seventeenth-century Amsterdam, a city enslaved by madness, a city on the brink of disaster. The city is caught in the grip of tulip mania, basking in the wealth it has generated. Sophia's husband Cornelis, an ageing merchant, is among those grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and as ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception, their reckless gamble propels their lives towards a thrilling and tragic conclusion. ‘It happened like this: I had bought, at auction, a painting by a minor Dutch artist. Dated 1660, it depicted a young woman getting ready to go out. She gazes at us with an enigmatic expression, and, as I gazed back I wondered: where is she going? Should she be going there? She hung in my living room, silent with her secrets.’ – Deborah Moggach ‘A sumptuous and enthralling novel about art, love, illusion and money…with the denouement of a classic.’ - The Times ‘A scintillating story of lust, deception and retribution.’ - Independent on Sunday From bestselling novels to on-screen success-stories author and screenwriter Deborah Moggach’s backlist ranges from historical novels and cross-cultural comedies of manners to darker contemporary dramas. Amongst her best-known novels are the page-to-screen sensation The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as well as Tulip Fever, These Foolish Things and Something to Hide.

  • TheBookPeople

    Seventeenth-century Amsterdam is a city in the grip of tulip mania, basking in the wealth it has generated. Sophia's husband Cornelis, an ageing merchant, is among those grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and as ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception, their reckless gamble propels their lives towards a thrilling and tragic conclusion.

  • BookDepository

    Tulip Fever : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780099288855 : 0099288850 : 14 Mar 2000 : Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones who grew rich dealing with the Tulip flower. To celebrate, he commissions a young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception and a reckless gamble.

  • 0099288850
  • 9780099288855
  • Deborah Moggach
  • 6 January 2000
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 259
  • New edition
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