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Author : Anna Keay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500289822
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (898 download)
Download or read book The Crown Jewels written by Anna Keay and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text captures the magnificence of a collection of symbolic objects steeped in English history like no other: the crown jewels.
Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635570778
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)
Download or read book Koh-i-Noor written by William Dalrymple and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally acclaimed and bestselling historians William Dalrymple and Anita Anand, the first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, arguably the most celebrated jewel in the world. On March 29, 1849, the ten-year-old leader of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the center of the British fort in Lahore, India. There, in a formal Act of Submission, the frightened but dignified child handed over to the British East India Company swathes of the richest land in India and the single most valuable object in the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond, otherwise known as the Mountain of Light. To celebrate the acquisition, the British East India Company commissioned a history of the diamond woven together from the gossip of the Delhi Bazaars. From that moment forward, the Koh-i-Noor became the most famous and mythological diamond in history, with thousands of people coming to see it at the 1851 Great Exhibition and still more thousands repeating the largely fictitious account of its passage through history. 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 and fantastic tales that have long surrounded this awe-inspiring jewel. The resulting history of south and central Asia tells a true tale of greed, conquest, murder, torture, colonialism, and appropriation that shaped a continent and the Koh-i-Noor itself.
Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780887349942
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (499 download)
Download or read book The Crown Diamond written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holmes' pursuit of a brilliant, deadly jewel theif leads to a chilling confrontation between hunter and hunted! Not a pastiche, not a parody, not an homage, but a genuine Doyle stage script!
Author : Hugh Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781905686384
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (863 download)
Download or read book The Queen's Diamonds written by Hugh Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, this book tells the story of the royal inheritance of diamonds from the time of Queen Adelaide in the 1830s to Elizabeth II.
Author : M.J. Rose
Publisher : Blue Box Press
ISBN 13 : 1952457084
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (524 download)
Download or read book The Last Tiara written by M.J. Rose and published by Blue Box Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller M.J. Rose comes a provocative and moving story of a young female architect in post-World War II Manhattan, who stumbles upon a hidden treasure and begins a journey to discovering her mother’s life during the fall of the Romanovs. Sophia Moon had always been reticent about her life in Russia and when she dies, suspiciously, on a wintry New York evening, Isobelle despairs that her mother’s secrets have died with her. But while renovating the apartment they shared, Isobelle discovers something among her mother’s effects—a stunning silver tiara, stripped of its jewels. Isobelle’s research into the tiara’s provenance draws her closer to her mother’s past—including the story of what became of her father back in Russia, a man she has never known. The facts elude her until she meets a young jeweler, who wants to help her but is conflicted by his loyalty to the Midas Society, a covert international organization whose mission is to return lost and stolen antiques, jewels, and artwork to their original owners. Told in alternating points of view, the stories of the two young women unfurl as each struggles to find their way during two separate wars. In 1915, young Sofiya Petrovitch, favorite of the royal household and best friend of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, tends to wounded soldiers in a makeshift hospital within the grounds of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg and finds the love of her life. In 1948 New York, Isobelle Moon works to break through the rampant sexism of the age as one of very few women working in a male-dominated profession and discovers far more about love and family than she ever hoped for. In M.J. Rose’s deftly constructed narrative, the secrets of Sofiya’s early life are revealed incrementally, even as Isobelle herself works to solve the mystery of the historic Romanov tiara (which is based on an actual Romanov artifact that is, to this day, still missing)—and how it is that her mother came to possess it. The two strands play off each other in finely-tuned counterpoint, building to a series of surprising and deeply satisfying revelations.
Author : Martin R. Holmes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Crown Jewels at the Tower of London written by Martin R. Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michel (Prince of Greece)
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Crown Jewels of Europe written by Michel (Prince of Greece) and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1983 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS BOOK IS A CELEBRATION OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST INTRIGUING AND PRECIOUS OBJECTS: THE CROWNS, SCEPTRES, ORBS, JEWELS AND EMBLEMS OF THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF EUROPE.
Author : Sir Thomas Butler
Publisher : Pitkin Unichrome, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780853724674
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (246 download)
Download or read book The Crown Jewels and Coronation Ceremony written by Sir Thomas Butler and published by Pitkin Unichrome, Limited. This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tracy Borman
Publisher : Grove Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802159117
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Crown & Sceptre written by Tracy Borman and published by Grove Atlantic. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the British monarchy that’s “a superb synthesis of historical analysis, politics, and top-notch royal gossip” (Kirkus Reviews). Since William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy, crossed the English Channel in 1066 to defeat King Harold II and unite England’s various kingdoms, forty-one kings and queens have sat on Britain’s throne. “Shining examples of royal power and majesty alongside a rogue’s gallery of weak, lazy, or evil monarchs,” as Tracy Borman describes them in her sparkling chronicle, Crown & Sceptre. Ironically, during very few of these 955 years has the throne’s occupant been unambiguously English—whether Norman French, the Welsh-born Tudors, the Scottish Stuarts, and the Hanoverians and their German successors to the present day. Acknowledging the intrinsic fascination with British royalty, Borman lifts the veil to reveal the remarkable characters and personalities who have ruled and, since the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, more ceremonially reigned. It is a crucial distinction explaining the staying power of the monarchy as the royal family has evolved and adapted to the needs and opinions of its people, avoiding the storms of rebellion that brought many of Europe’s royals to an abrupt end. Richard II; Henry VIII; Elizabeth I; George III; Victoria; Elizabeth II: their names evoke eras and the dramatic events Borman recounts. She is equally attuned to the fabric of monarchy: royal palaces; the way monarchs have been portrayed in art, on coins, in the media; the ceremony and pageantry surrounding the crown. Elizabeth II is already one of the longest reigning monarchs in history. Crown & Sceptre is a fitting tribute to her remarkable longevity and that of the magnificent institution she represents. “Crown & Sceptre brings us in short, vivid chapters from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth herself, much of it constituting a dark record of bumping off adversaries, rivals and spouses, confiscating vast estates and military invasions…. [A] lucid, character-rich book.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Borman’s deep understanding of English royalty shines.” —Chris Schluep, Amazon Editors’ Picks, The Best History Books of February 2022
Author : V. B. Meen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Crown Jewels of Iran written by V. B. Meen and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel François Esprit Auber
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Crown Diamonds written by Daniel François Esprit Auber and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A three-act romantic opera comique by the French composer Daniel Auber set in Portugal in 1777. The opera contains no apparent African American content or references.
Author : Daniel François Esprit Auber
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Doty's Edition of Madam Thillon's Grand Opera, of the Crown Diamonds written by Daniel François Esprit Auber and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Edward Fitzball
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Favorite Opera, in Three Acts Entitled, The Crown Diamonds ... Adapted to the English Stage by Mr. Tully, the Words by E. Fitzball, Etc. [Based on “Les Diamans de la Couronne” by A. E. Scribe and J. H. Vernoy de Saint Georges.] written by Edward Fitzball and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Prince Dimitri
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847866912
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
Download or read book Once Upon a Diamond written by Prince Dimitri and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable history of jewelry told through the beguiling stories of the royal families of Italy, Greece, Belgium, Russia, and Yugoslavia. Renowned jewelry designer Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia recounts the enthralling exploits of his beloved family members and describes their extraordinary jewelry collections. Among the many royals whose stories are richly illustrated in this volume are his paternal grandparents Prince Regent Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia; Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia; his great-grandparents Prince Nicolas and Princess Helen of Greece as well as his maternal grandparents King Umberto II and Queen Marie-José of Italy. The exquisite photography and family albums of Grand Duchess Elena of Russia (later Princess of Greece and Prince Dimitri's great-grandmother) present remarkable never-before-seen images of prerevolutionary life of the Russian imperial family, their court, and their many European royal family members and friends. This luxurious tome also includes exclusive and previously unpublished designs by Prince Dimitri, which juxtapose uncommon materials and color in imaginative yet timeless forms.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The new comic opera, in three acts, of the Crown Diamonds, etc. Based on "Les Diamans de la couronne," by A. E. Scribe and J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges written by and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Opera Libretto. Auber's Romantic Opera in Three Acts, The Crown Diamonds, as Given by Lyster's Grand Opera Company at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne. [By Edward Ball, Afterwards Fitzball. Based on “Les Diamans de la Couronne” by A. E. Scribe and J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges.] written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George John Younghusband
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Crown Jewels of England written by George John Younghusband and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
