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Book Description
Queens' Jewels is the result of a ten-year quest into the highly secretive realm of the collections of royal families throughout the world. The author has discovered the most precious jewels in existence - symbols of power and love - traces of a lost world. This lavish book relates the grandiose history of royal adornments, from the lost jewels of the last queen of Italy and the bloody odyssey of the Romanov crown to the story of the sapphire of the Countess of Paris and the treasure of the Catholic queens of Spain.
About the Author
Vincent Meylan has contributed to Estampille and Gazette de L'Hotel Drouot and currently writes for Point De Vue, where he has been a feature writer for ten years. An expert in the history of royal families, he is also a familiar face at auction houses, high society gatherings and museums, where he has observed the rarest and most precious stones and jewels. He has written a biography of Empress Farah of Iran and a biography of Queen Elizabeth II.
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