Amalia

The True Cost of Tulip ManiaCeri Clark

Length1h 56m

About this audiobook

He thought he was planting a future. Instead, he buried everything he had. Pieter van Haaren is a careful man, cloth merchant, devoted husband, steady hands in an uncertain world. But in the winter of 1636, Haarlem is no longer ruled by reason. It is ruled by flowers. Tulip bulbs, once humble garden fare, now fetch fortunes. Houses are sold, dowries exchanged, reputations shattered, all for the promise of a plant that may never grow. Pieter resists. Until he doesn’t. One bulb. One name. Amalia. As the tulip market soars, so does Pieter’s ambition. What begins as a single speculative trade spirals into a fever dream of futures contracts, phantom profits, and paper fortunes. But spring is coming. And when the frost thaws, so do the illusions. Based on the true events of the Dutch Tulip Bubble, Amalia is a haunting tale of beauty, greed, and the high price of chasing transformation. Some flowers are worth losing a fortune for.

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Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)

GenreHistorical Fiction, General Fiction

Length1 hr 56 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateJul 28, 2016

LanguageEnglish

1Introduction

13Historical Side Effects Disclaimer, Tulip Edition

2Chapter One: What Lies Beneath the Soil

14Here are some other books in the Heinous History Series

3Chapter Two: The Weight of Modest Dreams

15The Purple Shadow

4Chapter Three: The First Taste

16Corpse on Trial

5Chapter Four: The Velocity of Desire

17Her Name Was Lucrezia

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6Chapter Five: The Congregation of Believers

18Groom of the Stool: Power, Privilege, and the Royal Chamber Pot

7Chapter Six: The Paper Garden

19Dance of the Damned: The Dancing Plague of 1518

8Chapter Seven: The Arithmetic of Dreams

20Ceruse Queen: The True Cost of Immortality

9Chapter Eight: The Season of Reckoning

21Black Bart: Gentleman Pirate of the High Seas

10Chapter Nine: The Weight of Paper

22Dressed to Kill

11Chapter Ten: The Garden of Graves

23Legal Stuff

12Author’s Note

About the author

Ceri Clark

Hi, I’m Ceri Clark, a Welsh author who writes stories that twist history, spark curiosity, and entertain. My Heinous History series uncovers strange true tales, including dancing plagues, corpse trials, and Henry VIII’s royal bottom-wiper. (Yes, really.) I also write fantasy, romance, sci-fi, and horror because one genre just isn’t enough. I live in Wales with my husband, son, and Cookie the dog. I love hoodies, rock music, and getting lost in stories, whether I’m reading them or writing them.View all by Ceri Clark