The Hope Diamond -- the largest and most beautiful dark blue diamond ever found -- has inspired legends and lies, fabulous superstition and fierce passion. For three centuries it passed from hand to hand, and from country to country. It may have served as all-powerful eye in a Hindu statue, was worn by three French kings amidst the splendours of Versailles and was stolen in a farcical jewel heist during the terrors of the French Revolution. Rescued and adored by a rich Dutch art connoisseur, the diamond later became the ...
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The Hope Diamond -- the largest and most beautiful dark blue diamond ever found -- has inspired legends and lies, fabulous superstition and fierce passion. For three centuries it passed from hand to hand, and from country to country. It may have served as all-powerful eye in a Hindu statue, was worn by three French kings amidst the splendours of Versailles and was stolen in a farcical jewel heist during the terrors of the French Revolution. Rescued and adored by a rich Dutch art connoisseur, the diamond later became the subject of a long and bitter London court battle, whose every sensational detail was splashed across the tabloid newspapers of the day. Cartier's Paris atelier acquired it in 1909 and persuaded Washington society hostess Evalyn Walsh McLean to buy it. She wore the gem --when it wasn't adorning her dog -- almost every day of her Great Gatsby life, and even, once, in an operating room. It was only when diamond master Harry Winston donated this prize to the Smithsonian that the Hope was finally accessible to all who wanted to admire it. A sweeping saga, "Hope: Adventures of a Diamond" is at once a page-turning thriller and a glittering social history. Dazzling and delicious, this is a book truly worthy of its flawless, priceless subject.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Not price clipped and with no remainder mark. Clean with no inscriptions or remarks. 366 pages with the index. signed inscription"to mrs Cook with warm wishes Marian Fowler" at the first page. based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Very Good in Very Good Minus jacket. The boards are not bumped, some illustrations with 367 pp. The dust jacket is not price clipped, has a one cm tear at spine and is in a brodart cover now.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0679311203. Flat signed by author on title page. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery.; Minor surface rubbing on d/j.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Signed by Author.
