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Tulip Fever

By: Deborah Moggach
Narrated by: Rula Lenska
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Publisher's summary

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.

©1999 Deborah Moggach (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
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Critic reviews

"Sumptuous prose ... reads like a thriller." ( The New York Times Book Review)

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Slow, but Enjoyable!

love the details provided by the author and tune of the performance. great story!! love it.

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felt like half a story

felt like I was listening to a story that was only half complete. the characters were hardly developed, and I didn't find myself rooting for any of them. I felt very apathetic about what was going to happen to the characters. but the narration was great.

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Nice entertainment

At first it is a bit hard to get used to the voice(s) of the narrator, but she does a very good job overall (specially performing drunk songs!). The story isn’t great but it is enough to catch your curiosity; the book starts in a slow pace (the strategy of having small chapters, told according to individual characters’ perspectives, seems odd - it takes a while to get used to it) but picks up momentum towards the middle. The story has a few turns and climaxes that get you hooked. Nothing exceptional, but it has been a nice entertainment.

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The ending seemed rushed

Overall this was a captivating and easy listen. The story was interesting and easy to follow even though it switched between several characters. The ending did seem very rushed compared to the rest of the dtory, but it was still a good read.

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Finished in a day

It was well written and an easy listen, starts off slow but quickly picks up.

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Fantastic Reading

Story is fascinating! Real treat is the vocal actor that brings the nuances of the characters to life. Brilliant performance!

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A good story

This was very good story with a lot of twists and turns And unbelievable conniving! A little bawdy but it did show real life!

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Simply loved this book

The characters were deep and well defined. Remarkable story that I had no idea how it would end. Author's grasp of language made it intriguing and smart. Narration was perfect. I felt as though I was part of the story.

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Stunning performance

The narrator creates a captivating atmosphere. One of the best audio performances in the hundreds of books I have heard.

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Predictable

I was very disappointed. Predictable, sophomoric with plenty of gratuitous sexual content. I was hoping for more of a historical fiction. Amsterdam proved only to be the setting.

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