- Title : The Sancy Blood Diamond: Power, Greed, and the Cursed History of One of the World's Most Coveted Gems
- Author : Susan Ronald
- Rating : 4.92 (409 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-10-15
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 338 Pages
- Asin : 0471436518
- Language : English
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The riveting account of one of the most hotly pursued gems in history, The Sancy Blood Diamond follows its six-century journey from the diamond mines of Golconda to where it now modestly resides at the Louvre, among the remnants of the French crown jewels. She also describes the pivotal roles it played on the chessboard of European geopolitics, and how it was used to raise armies, settle national debts, and enhance its owners' power and prestige.
Working from primary sources, Ronald solves, once and for all, the mystery of the Sancy's disappearances in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and she explores the legend of the Sancy curse, which arose after the violent deaths of Burgundy's Charles the Bold, England's Charles I, France's Louis XVI, and other ill-fated owners.. The fascinating six-hundred-yAll rights reserved. Ronald, a British historian, has gone on a treasure hunt to dig up every fact imaginable about the diamond's owners from the 14th century to the present—it's now in the Louvre, which purchased it from Lord Astor, who inherited it from his father. Until it was cut in 1661, the 106-carat Sancy was "the largest white diamond in Christendom," a guarantee of wealth, though not of security. . The more precious gems a king or queen had, the greater the chances of mounting an army to seize land, power—and more gems. At times, the diamond gets lost in a snarl of names and facts, but those with some familiarity with and interest in European history may consider this a gem worth having in their library. As an introduction to mostly European history, this book is alternately enlightening and overwhelming. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. While she clearly illustrates the ill fortune that befell many who came into contact with the diamond, it's hard to buy her claim that "it helped change the course of Eur
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