BOOKS - HISTORY - Jewels A Secret History
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Jewels A Secret History
Author: Victoria Finlay
Year: 2007
Format: EPUB
File size: 10 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2007
Format: EPUB
File size: 10 MB
Language: ENG
Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure travel, geology, exciting new research, and her own irresistible charm, Finlay has fashioned a treasure hunt for some of the most valuable, glamorous, and mysterious substances on earth.