Reviews
"Splendidly extravagant history...an astonishing bouquet of economic and cultural lore, grand historic trends and horticultural exotica." -- Publishers Weekly "Visually stunning" -- New Yorker "Fascinating and sumptuous...an epic drama, a true tale that spans continents and centuries, shows humankind at its worst and its best, with heroes and villains galore." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "A wondrous account... remarkable." -- Seattle Weekly "Verbally and visually ravishing book." -- House & Garden " The Tulip reads more like an adventure story, written against a backdrop of a 16th-and 17th-century Europe..." -- Desert Sun, A Wondrous Account... Remarkable., "Splendidly extravagant history...an astonishing bouquet of economic and cultural lore, grand historic trends and horticultural exotica." --Publishers Weekly "Visually stunning" --New Yorker "Fascinating and sumptuous...an epic drama, a true tale that spans continents and centuries, shows humankind at its worst and its best, with heroes and villains galore." --Seattle Post-Intelligencer "A wondrous account... remarkable." --Seattle Weekly "Verbally and visually ravishing book." --House & Garden "The Tulip reads more like an adventure story, written against a backdrop of a 16th-and 17th-century Europe..."--Desert Sun, Visually Stunning, Verbally and Visually Ravishing Book., "Splendidly extravagant history...an astonishing bouquet of economic and cultural lore, grand historic trends and horticultural exotica." -- Publishers Weekly "Visually stunning" -- New Yorker "Fascinating and sumptuous...an epic drama, a true tale that spans continents and centuries, shows humankind at its worst and its best, with heroes and villains galore." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "A wondrous account... remarkable." -- Seattle Weekly "Verbally and visually ravishing book." -- House & Garden " The Tulipreads more like an adventure story, written against a backdrop of a 16th-and 17th-century Europe..."-- Desert Sun, "Splendidly extravagant history...an astonishing bouquet of economic and cultural lore, grand historic trends and horticultural exotica." -- Publishers Weekly "Visually stunning" -- New Yorker "Fascinating and sumptuous...an epic drama, a true tale that spans continents and centuries, shows humankind at its worst and its best, with heroes and villains galore." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "A wondrous account... remarkable." -- Seattle Weekly "Verbally and visually ravishing book." -- House & Garden " The Tulip reads more like an adventure story, written against a backdrop of a 16th-and 17th-century Europe..."-- Desert Sun, Splendidly extravagant history...an astonishing bouquet of economic and cultural lore, grand historic trends and horticultural exotica., Fascinating and sumptuous...an epic drama, a true tale that spans continents and centuries, shows humankind at its worst and its best, with heroes and villains galore., The Tulip reads more like an adventure story, written against a backdrop of a 16th-and 17th-century Europe..., "Splendidly extravagant history...an astonishing bouquet of economic and cultural lore, grand historic trends and horticultural exotica." --Publishers Weekly "Visually stunning" --New Yorker "Fascinating and sumptuous...an epic drama, a true tale that spans continents and centuries, shows humankind at its worst and its best, with heroes and villains galore." --Seattle Post-Intelligencer "A wondrous account... remarkable." --Seattle Weekly "Verbally and visually ravishing book." --House & Garden "The Tulipreads more like an adventure story, written against a backdrop of a 16th-and 17th-century Europe..."--Desert Sun