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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

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  Tulipmania by Anne Goldgar

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  Goldgar dismantles the popular myth of the speculative fever that gripped Dutch merchants and nobles in the 1630s, when bulbs (often non-existent) changed hands at extortionate prices on an hourly basis. With impeccable research she shows that 'Tulipmania' was far less dramatic than has been suggested, and far more interesting, reflecting as it did the deep anxieties of Dutch society in the Golden Age.