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Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand

24 July 2017 By Jean Briggs

Green jade, glistening pearls, beryls, garnets, spinels, blood-red rubies, emeralds fine as water, and diamonds flashing fires of rainbows – this is a treasure trove of a book, a book of wonders, the story of the most famous diamond in the world, the Koh-i-Noor which now glitters in the crown of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen-mother. […]

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