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The Necklace
"This ... novel set in the rarified world of money and society alternates between two generations of the Quincy family: the wealthy robber baron brothers who vied over a bewitching Jazz Age beauty and the young woman who inherits a spectacular and mysterious Indian necklace and its secrets"--
Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection
India's rich heritage of jeweled artistry is expressed in extravagant and opulent creations that range from ornaments for every part of the body to ceremonial court objects such as boxes, daggers, and thrones. Treasures from India presents more than sixty iconic works from the renowned Al-Thani collection, including pieces created for the imperial Mughals in the seventeenth century, others made for the nizams of Hyderabad and the maharajas of the Rajput courts from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, Indian-inspired jewelry fashioned by Cartier and other Western firms, and contemporary designs. The lucid text discusses the significance of these objects within the history of Indian jeweled arts, demonstrating how they stand among the highest expressions of Indian culture.
Kohinoor
This riveting tale of the Kohinoor, the worldÕs most coveted gem, unearths fascinating new information as it moves from the Mughal court to Persia to Afghanistan; from Maharaja Ranjit Singh's durbar in Punjab to the Queen of England's Crown. A thrilling tale, full of violence, drama and intrigue.
Pulke/Pulk/Polk
Henry Pulke was born between 1752 -1756 in Devonshire, England. He married Susanna Rosetta Gunning between 1790-1793 in Parrsboro Township, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. They had eight children. He died in 1843 in Charlotte County, Nova Scotia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Armor and weaponry were central to Islamic culture not only as a means of conquest and the spread of the faith, but also as symbols of status, wealth, and power. The finest arms were made by master craftsmen working with the leading designers, goldsmiths, and jewelers, whose work transformed utilitarian military equipment into courtly works of art. This book reveals the diversity and artistic quality of one of the most important and encyclopedic collections of its kind in the West. The Metropolitan Museum's holdings span ten centuries and include representative pieces from almost every Islamic culture from Spain to the Caucasus. The collection includes rare early works, among them the oldest...
Koh-i-Noor
'Riveting. This highly readable and entertaining book ... finally sets the record straight on the history of the Koh-i-Noor' Tarquin Hall, Sunday Times 'Dynamic, original and supremely readable' Maya Jasanoff, Guardian The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world. On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old maharaja of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great fort in Lahore. There, in a public ceremony, the frightened but dignified child handed over great swathes of the richest country in India in a formal Act of Submission to a private corporation, the East India Compa...
كوه نور : تاريخ الماسة الأسوأ سمعة في العالم
يسرد هذا الكتاب تاريخ الجوهرة الأشهر في العالم؛ ماسة «كوهِ نور»، وهو أوفى ما كُتب حولها حتى الآن: كيف أُخِذَت من صبي فقد مملكته لصالح قوة استعمارية، ومن ثمَّ وصلت إلى التاج البريطاني وبرج لندن. ولا يكتفي الكتاب بسرد ما أحاط بهذه الماسة م...
