The Adventures of the Kohinoor

The Adventures of the Kohinoor
Think jewels are boring? You’ll change your mind when you read about the Kohinoor, history’s most famous diamond. Legend says it carries a curse that brings bad luck to all its owners. Some of India’s most powerful kings possessed it and lost it – from the great Mughals to Punjab’s Ranjit Singh – before it was grabbed by the British and sent as a gift to Queen Victoria. In this book you’ll learn: About a throne that cost twice as much as the Taj Mahal Ranjit Singh’s crazy forty camels trick Why no ruler of England has worn the diamond since Queen Victoria