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Jewels: A Secret History
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Artikel-Nr:
9781399716703
Veröffentl:
2022
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
0
Autor:
Victoria Finlay
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
'Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels' SpectatorAmber is the tears of prehistoric trees.One gem links Queen Victoria and a skeleton.Cleopatra drank a pearl to win a bet. A man turned into a diamond.When we put on jewels, what are we really wearing?Victoria Finlay travels the world to tell the true stories of these miraculous oddities of nature.'Filled with eye-catching incidents and stories . . . Finlay's evidence glitters from every page' Sunday Telegraph'A fascinating and exhaustive travelogue' Times Literary Supplement
'Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels' SpectatorAmber is the tears of prehistoric trees.One gem links Queen Victoria and a skeleton.Cleopatra drank a pearl to win a bet. A man turned into a diamond.When we put on jewels, what are we really wearing?Victoria Finlay travels the world to tell the true stories of these miraculous oddities of nature.'Filled with eye-catching incidents and stories . . . Finlay's evidence glitters from every page' Sunday Telegraph'A fascinating and exhaustive travelogue' Times Literary Supplement