TulipoMania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused is a book by Mike Dash.
Mike Dash is a Welsh writer, historian and researcher. He is best known for his books and articles looking at unusual historical events, anomalous phenomena, and strange beliefs. Born in London, Dash attended Peterhouse, a college at the University of Cambridge particularly noted for teaching... history. He did postgraduate work at King's College London, and holds a PhD in naval history for the thesis British Submarine Policy 1853–1918. Dash worked for 20 years as contributing editor and publisher of the journal Fortean Times, which specialises in the study and research of strange and anomalous phenomena. His works investigate misconceptions and errors in the field of strange phenomena, typically finding a middle path between "believers" and skeptics and debunkers .more
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be factual. This... presentation may be accurate or not—that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question—however, it is generally assumed that authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition or, at least, pose them to their audience as historically or empirically true. Note that reporting the beliefs of others in a non-fiction format is not necessarily an endorsement of the ultimate veracity of those beliefs, it is simply saying it is true that people believe them . Non-fiction can also be written about fiction, giving information about these other works. Non-fiction is one of the two main divisions in writing, particularly used in libraries, the other form being fiction. However, non-fiction need not be written text necessarily, since pictures and film can also purport to present a factual account of a subject.more