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Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem

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 | #679809 in Books |  2007-09-04 |  2007-09-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,.91 | File type: PDF | 400 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Way too much detail for me!|By David W. Nesbitt|Being a former jeweler and someone who loves and collects gemstones this had too much detail for even me! There was so much detail my eyes would gloss over after reading for 20 or 30 minutes.

I would imagine the average person would be even more overwhelmed than I was! You might find it strange but I would have rated th|From Publishers Weekly|In this authoritative history of the Hope Diamond (also known as the French Blue), Kurin describes how the 112–carat deep blue diamond came into the hands of Louis XIV through diamond trader Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, who in turn had b

Since its discovery in seventeenth–century India, the Hope diamond, a glimmering deep blue gem weighing over 45 carats, has been shrouded in mystery and steeped in intrigue. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Richard Kurin goes beyond the speculation to reveal the truth behind a legendary stone.

Kurin, a cultural anthropologist, spent more than a decade on the trail of the legendary gem. But the 'curse' that surrounds it, which Kurin puts to rest once and fo...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem   |  Richard Kurin. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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