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Kohinoor : the story of the world's most infamous diamond /
"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...
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New Delhi:
Juggernaut Books,
2016.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Kohinoor : |b the story of the world's most infamous diamond / |c by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. |
| 260 | |a New Delhi: |b Juggernaut Books, |c 2016. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 239 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (black and white, and color), genealogical table ; | ||
| 520 | |a "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. | ||
| 650 | |a Diamonds History |9 31398 | ||
| 650 | |a Crown Jewels History |9 31399 | ||
| 650 | |a Gemmology |9 31400 | ||
| 650 | |a Economic Geology |9 31401 | ||
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