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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Dalrymple, William, author.     Subjects     Koh-i-noor (Diamond) -- History.     Diamonds -- India -- History.     Crown jewels -- Great Britain.     India -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dalrymple, William, author.       by title:      Koh-i-noor : the his...         MARC Display

Koh-i-noor : the history of the world's most infamous diamond / William Dalrymple, Anita Anand. by Dalrymple, William, author. New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2017. Subjects Koh-i-noor (Diamond) -- History.   Diamonds -- India -- History.   Crown jewels -- Great Britain.   India -- History. ISBN:  9781635570762 (hardcover) : 163557076X (hardcover) Description:  vi, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, genealogical table : 22 cm Edition:  First U.S. edition. Contents:  Part 1: The jewel in the throne -- The Indian prehistory of the Koh-i-Noor -- The mughals and the Koh-i-Noor -- Nader Shah: the Koh-i-Noor goes to Iran -- the Durranis: the Koh-i-Noor in Afghanistan -- Ranjit Singh: the Koh-i-Noor in Lahore -- Part 2: The jewel in the crown -- City of ash -- The boy king -- Passage to England -- The Great Exhibition -- The first cut -- Queen Victoria's "Loyal subject" -- The jewel and the crown -- "We must take back the Koh-i-Noor." Requests:  0 Summary:  "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 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."--From dust jacket.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 739.27 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 739.27 Dalrymple Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 739.27 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Naalehu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 739.27 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 739.27 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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