In one novel by this author, Cornelius van Baerle attempts to win a cash prize by growing the title 
In one novel by this author, Cornelius van Baerle attempts to win a cash prize by growing the title flower in the wake of the hanging of the DeWitt brothers. This author of The Black Tulip created the servants Planchet, Grimaud, and Musqueton, and the jailer John Felton. The protagonist of one of his novels inadvertently schedules three duels for the same day. That character must rescue a pair of diamonds from the Duke of Buckingham to save Queen Anne from the machinations of Cardinal Richelieu. For 10 points, name this French author who wrote The Three Musketeers.
In one novel by this author, Cornelius van Baerle attempts to win a cash prize by growing the title flower in the wake of the hanging of the DeWitt brothers.
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