Koh-i-Noor The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond【電子書籍】[ William Dalrymple ]

＜p＞'＜strong＞Riveting. This highly readable and entertaining book ... finally sets the record straight on the history of the Koh-i-Noor＜/strong＞' Tarquin Hall, ＜em＞Sunday Times＜/em＞＜br /＞ '＜strong＞Dynamic, original and supremely readable＜/strong＞' Maya Jasanoff, ＜em＞Guardian＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞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 Company. He was also compelled to hand over to the British monarch, Queen Victoria, perhaps the single most valuable object on the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond. The Mountain of Light.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る