Koh-i-Noor : the history of the world's most infamous diamond
Dalrymple, William2018
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On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old Maharajah 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 to the British East India Company in a formal Act of Submission to Queen Victoria not only swathes of the richest land in India, but also arguably the single most valuable object in the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond.
Main title:
Koh-i-Noor : the history of the world's most infamous diamond / William Dalrymple, Anita Anand.
Author:
Dalrymple, William, authorAnand, Anita, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408888827 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Related title:
Koh-i-Noor [electronic resource] : The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond
BRN:
1117479
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