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Rushby, Kevin

 
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Synopsis

The Koh-i-Nor, or the Mountain of Light, the world's largest diamond found in India, is fought over, cursed, and occasionally lost. It finally reached the Punjab, only to be seized by British agents eager to please young Queen Victoria. Now in the Tower o

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À propos de l'auteur

Kevin Rushby has lived and worked in Sudan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Yemen. He is the author of Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen, Chasing the Mountain of Light: Across India on the Trail of the Koh-I-Noor Diamond, and Hunting Pirate Heaven: In Search of the Lost Pirate Utopias of the Indian Ocean. He lives in York, England.

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