WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

400 páginas il. ; 23x14 cm

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 chil...

From the bestselling author of Return of a King , the story of how the...