# The Black Tulip — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas.

- [A Grateful People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/i-a-grateful-people.md): The chapter sets the historical stage in 1672, detailing the political turmoil in the Dutch Republic. It describes the fall of the De Witt brothers, John and Cornelius, who are persecuted by an Orangist mob after the rep
- [II: The Two Brothers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/ii-the-two-brothers.md): John de Witt visits his brother Cornelius in prison, where Cornelius has been tortured but sentenced to exile. The mob outside clamors for their blood, and Count Tilly's dragoons hold them at bay. Cornelius reveals he en
- [III: The Pupil of John de Witt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/iii-the-pupil-of-john-de-witt.md): As the mob grows more violent against the De Witt brothers, John de Witt hastens his brother Cornelius's departure. Rosa helps the brothers escape through a secret passage, giving them a key and guiding them to a waiting
- [IV: The Murderers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/iv-the-murderers.md): The chapter depicts the brutal lynching of John and Cornelius de Witt by an enraged mob in The Hague. William of Orange observes the scene from a window, showing cold detachment. The brothers are dragged from their carri
- [The Tulip-Fancier and His Neighbour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/v-the-tulip-fancier-and-his-neighbour.md): This chapter introduces the rivalry between Cornelius van Baerle, a wealthy and successful tulip-grower, and his neighbor Isaac Boxtel, a jealous and obsessive tulip-fancier. Boxtel's envy intensifies when Van Baerle bui

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- [VI: The Hatred of a Tulip-Fancier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/vi-the-hatred-of-a-tulip-fancier.md)
- [VII: The Happy Man Makes Acquaintance with Misfortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/vii-the-happy-man-makes-acquaintance-with-misfortune.md)
- [VIII: An Invasion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/viii-an-invasion.md)
- [IX: The Family Cell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/ix-the-family-cell.md)
- [The Jailer's Daughter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/x-the-jailer-s-daughter.md)
- [XI: Cornelius van Baerle’s Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xi-cornelius-van-baerle-s-will.md)
- [XII: The Execution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xii-the-execution.md)
- [What Was Going on All This Time in the Mind of One of the Spectators](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xiii-what-was-going-on-all-this-time-in-the-mind-of-one-of-the-spectators.md)
- [XIV: The Pigeons of Dort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xiv-the-pigeons-of-dort.md)
- [XV: The Little Grated Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xv-the-little-grated-window.md)
- [Master and Pupil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xvi-master-and-pupil.md)
- [XVII: The First Bulb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xvii-the-first-bulb.md)
- [Rosa's Lover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xviii-rosa-s-lover.md)
- [XIX: The Maid and the Flower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xix-the-maid-and-the-flower.md)
- [The Events Which Took Place During Those Eight Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xx-the-events-which-took-place-during-those-eight-days.md)
- [The Second Bulb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxi-the-second-bulb.md)
- [The Opening of the Flower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxii-the-opening-of-the-flower.md)
- [The Rival](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxiii-the-rival.md)
- [The Black Tulip Changes Masters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxiv-the-black-tulip-changes-masters.md)
- [The President Van Systens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxv-the-president-van-systens.md)
- [A Member of the Horticultural Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxvi-a-member-of-the-horticultural-society.md)
- [The Third Bulb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxvii-the-third-bulb.md)
- [The Hymn of the Flowers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxviii-the-hymn-of-the-flowers.md)
- [In Which Van Baerle, Before Leaving Loewestein, Settles Accounts with Gryphus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxix-in-which-van-baerle-before-leaving-loewestein-settles-accounts-with-gryphus.md)
- [XXX: Wherein the Reader Begins to Guess the Kind of Execution That Was Awaiting Van Baerle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxx-wherein-the-reader-begins-to-guess-the-kind-of-execution-that-was-awaiting-van-baerle.md)
- [Haarlem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxxi-haarlem.md)
- [A Last Request](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxxii-a-last-request.md)
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_tulip_se/chapters/xxxiii-conclusion.md)

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