Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds

by Rachelle Bergstein

Book Overview

From the author of Women from the Ankle Down comes a lively cultural biography of diamonds, which explores our society's obsession with the world's most brilliant gemstone and the real-world characters who make them shine.

"A diamond is forever." Who among us doesn't recognize this phrase and, with it, the fascination that these shiny gemstones hold in our collective imagination as symbols of royalty, stars, and eternal love?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062323784
• ISBN13: 9780062323781
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.0"