Kohinoor : the story of the world's most infamous diamond

By:

Dalrymple, William

Contributor(s):

Anand, Anita

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Juggernaut Books 2016Description: viii, 239 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of platesISBN:

9789386228086

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

553.82 DAL

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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	BMU Library	Fiction	32-B	553.82 DAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	GC		12608

"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.

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