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9780312228132

Chasing the Mountain of Light : Across India on the Trail of the Koh-I-Noor Diamond

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312228132

  • ISBN10:

    0312228139

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2000-02-19
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $24.95

Summary

The Koh-i-Noor diamond, the Mountain of Light, the world's largest diamond was found in India, traveled from Golconda to the Mughal palaces in the north. Fought over, cursed and occasionally lost, it finally reached the sikhs in the Punjab, only to be seized by British agents eager to please young Queen Victoria. It now lies in the Tower of London where some say its curse controls the fate of the Windsor family. InChasing the Mountain of Light,Kevin Rushby pursues the dramatic career of the Koh-i-Noor on a journey to the heart of Indian culture meeting dealers, smugglers and petty crooks along the way. It's another great adventure from Rushby whom theWashington Postrecently compared to William S. Burroughs and Arthur Rimbaud.

Author Biography

Kevin Rushby lived and worked in Sudan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Yemen before becoming a full-time author. He is the author of Eating the Flowers of Paradise. He lives in England with his wife and children.

Table of Contents

Author's Note 9(1)
Maps Showing author's route
10(3)
Prologue 13(4)
Chasing the Mountain of Light
17(242)
Chronology 259(4)
Bibliography 263(4)
Index 267

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