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PublishedSceptre, February 2023 |
ISBN9781399716567 |
FormatSoftcover, 496 pages |
Dimensions19.6cm × 12.8cm × 3.8cm |
'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
