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a biography of diamonds

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An edition of Brilliance and fire (2016)

Brilliance and fire

a biography of diamonds

First edition.

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"Sheds new light on the enticing, often surprising, story of our society's enduring obsession with the hardest gemstone, offering a fascinating history of its origins and revealing its greatest champions and most colorful enthusiasts. 25,000 first printing,"--NoveList.

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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Pages
375

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Subjects

Social aspects, Diamond industry and trade, Diamonds, History

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Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds
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Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds
2016, HarperCollins Publishers
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Brilliance and fire: a biography of diamonds
2016, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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Table of Contents

The buyers : how the American rich came to love diamonds
The seekers : how one sickly Englishman took over the diamond industry
The lovers : how young women came to expect diamond rings (part I)
The show-offs : how a single stone bewitched its owners, and captivated America
The optimists : how the industry survived two world wars and the Great Depression
The sellers : how young women came to expect diamond rings (part II)
The queens : how Wallis Simpson earned her diamonds
The stars : how an advertising agency got diamonds ready for their close-up
The winners : how Elizabeth Taylor learned to speak Italian
The meddlers : how little stones got big
The inventors : how to make a diamond (and provoke De Beers)
The illusionists : how the magicians protected their tricks
The masters : how the Australians democratized diamonds
The stunners : how tough guys started wearing diamonds
The critics : how a global crisis changed the meaning of "forever"
The innovators : how to sell diamonds in a (more) enlightened world.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-352) and index.

Copyright Date
2016

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
553.8/2
Library of Congress
GT2254 .B47 2016, NK7660

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
375

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OL27210129M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0062323776
ISBN 13
9780062323774
OCLC/WorldCat
921864768

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