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  • Published: 31 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9781446485958
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 288

Tulip Fever




From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Tulip Fever is now re-jacketed along with the rest of Deborah Moggach’s books in gorgeous series style

'A gorgeous novel' Mail on Sunday
From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel comes a thrilling story of power, lust and deception...

Seventeenth-century Amsterdam - a city in the grip of tulip fever.

Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his beautiful 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.

Readers LOVE this book:

'One of the best books I have read in a long time'
'Magical'
'Intriguing, gripping, fascinating... I enjoyed this tremendously'
'A fantastic read. Couldn't put it down'
'Elegant and sexy'
'One of the best historical novels I have ever read'
'Hypnotic reading!'
'One of the best books I have read in years and have now passed it on to my daughter who is loving it as well'
'Brilliant!! Just my sort of enjoyable read!!!'
'DO NOT READ THIS BOOK IF YOU HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO as you will not want, no, will not be able, to put it down'
'A thoroughly satisfying read'
'Twists, lies, deception, fiery passion, greed, heartbreak, and final mystery. Great plots, great subjects, great writing. Great read. Highly recommend.

Now a major film starring Oscar winners Dame Judi Dench, Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz and adapted for the screen by Sir Tom Stoppard.

  • Published: 31 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9781446485958
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 288

About the author

Deborah Moggach

Deborah Moggach is the author of many successful novels including Tulip Fever and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which was made into a top-grossing film starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith. Her screenplays include the film of Pride and Prejudice, which was nominated for a BAFTA. She lives in Wales.

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Praise for Tulip Fever

A scintillating story of lust, deception and retribution

Independent on Sunday

A story of love, deceit, changelings, and mistaken identity worthy of a Restoration dramatist

Daily Mail

A sumptuous and enthralling novel about art, love, illusion and money...with the denouement of a classic

The Times

A byzantine plot that hurtles towards disaster, while retaining the polished veneer of a Dutch interior

Harpers & Queen

Sensuous and masterly...a gorgeous novel

Mail on Sunday

Clever, spry and sad in equal measure...a pacy plot whose twists and shifts of viewpoint make for much anxious page-turning

Daily Telegraph

Beautifully written...with a featherlight touch, Moggach keeps the tension at fever-pitch until the final hilarious – and entirely unexpected – climax

Independent on Sunday

A story of love, deceit, changelings, and mistaken identity worthy of a Restoration dramatist

Anna Pavord, Daily Mail