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Author:
Dalrymple, William, author.
Title:
Koh-in-noor : the history of the world's most infamous diamond / William Dalrymple, Anita Anand.
Publisher:
Bloomsbury,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
vi, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm
Subject:
Koh-i-noor (Diamond)
Diamonds--India--History.
Crown jewels--Great Britain.
Other Authors:
Anand, Anita, author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.
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."--From dust jacket.
ISBN:
9781635570762
163557076X
140888884X (hbk)
9781408888841 (hbk)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)991619956
Locations:
AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)
GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

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