When Venetian prince Aldo Morosini discovers that his mother has been murdered, he correctly infers that the murderer has stolen the Blue Star, a sapphire that has been a family treasure for centuries. Fortunately, an opportune assignment arrives shortly thereafter in the autumn of 1922. The princewho in addition to being an antiquarian is an expert in ancient jewelsis approached by the mysterious Simon Aronov, nicknamed the Cripple of Varsovia, who assigns him a dangerous mission: recover four precious stones that were stolen during the sacking of Jerusalem.
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