Koh-i-nur : the history of the world's most infamous diamond /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Dalrymple, William 1965- (συγγραφέας.)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Anand, Anita (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
• Θέματα: Koh-i-noor (Διαμάντι) > Ιστορία.; Ινδία > Ιστορία > 20ος αιώνας.

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, arguably the most celebrated jewel in the world ... Using original eyewitness accounts and chronicles never before translated into English, Dalrymple and Anand trace the true history of the diamond and disperse the myths an...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Pt 1: The jewel in the throne
• 1. The Indian prehistory of the Koh-i-Noor
• 2. The mughals and the Koh-i-Noor
• 3. Nader Shah: the Koh-i-Noor goes to Iran
• 4. the Durranis: the Koh-i-Noor in Afghanistan
• 5. Ranjit Singh: the Koh-i-Noor in Lahore
• Part 2: The jewel in the crown
• 6. City of ash
• 7. The boy king
• 8. Passage to England
• 9. The Great Exhibition
• 10. The first cut
• 11. Queen Victoria's "Loyal subject"
• 12. The jewel and the crown
• 13. "We must take back the Koh-i-Noor."