Thursday, June 24, 2021

SOLD The history of the Koh-i-Noor, India's great diamond


 

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Mint condition. PB. 272pp. $18 including postage anywhere in Australia.

In the beginning diamonds came from India, nowhere else. And the greatest of those ancient stones cut a deep and bloody path across the history and legends of the country. 

The Koh-i-Noor, the Mountain of Light, has been fought over, cursed and occasionally lost. Seized by British agents eager to please the young Queen Victoria, it now lies in the Tower of London, its ownership still disputed. Kevin Rushby follows the trail of this great jewel.

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