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‘Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels’ Spectator
Amber 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
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‘Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels’ Spectator
Amber 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
| Weight | 0.36 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.6 × 12.8 × 3.8 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 496 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 553.8 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
