Victoria Finlay
(forfatter)
Jewels: A Secret History ebok
99,-
'Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels' SpectatorAmber 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 …
'Glorious . . . anecdote and information accumulate with marvellous abundance and a passionate sense of the fascination of jewels' SpectatorAmber 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
Forlag
Sceptre
Utgitt
03.11.2022
Sjanger
Reise, Historie, Dokumentar og fakta, Natur og dyr, Hobby og fritid
Språk
English
Format
epub
DRM-beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781399716703
'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
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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