Tulip Fever

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From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel this is the thrilling book behind the forthcoming film starring Oscar winners Alicia Vikander, Christoph Waltz and Dame Judi Dench 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 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.

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.

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 *