Bibliograph

Kohinoor, the history of the world's most infamous diamond, William Dalrymple, Anita Anand

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Kohinoor, the history of the world's most infamous diamond, William Dalrymple, Anita Anand

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-227) and index

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kohinoor

Responsibility statement

William Dalrymple, Anita Anand

Sub title

the history of the world's most infamous diamond

Summary

The Koh-i-noor is the world's most famous diamond, but it has always had a fog of mystery around it. Now, using previously untranslated Sanskrit, Persian and Urdu sources, and the discoveries of modern gemmologists to reconstruct its original form, William Dalrymple and Anita Ananad blow away the legends to reveal its true history--stranger, and more violent, than any fiction

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Koh-i-Noor

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