The blood stone
Title
:
The blood stone
Personal Author EPSB
:
Jamila. Gavin
Summary
:
In the early seventeenth century, young Venetian Filippo Veroneo travels from Venice to Afghanistan to rescue his imprisoned father, Geronimo, and stops in India to raise the ransom by selling his father's beautiful diamond to the ruler Shah Jehan, who later uses the stone as the model for the Taj Mahal.
Year Published
:
2005,
2003
Physical Description
:
340 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Edition
:
1st American ed.
Personal Subject
:
Veroneo, Geronimo, fl. 1630 to 1653-Fiction.
Subject
:
Diamonds -- Fiction.
Voyages and travels -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Extrasensory perception -- Fiction.
Taj Mahal (Agra, India) -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Father-son relationship -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
India -- History -- 1526-1765 -- Fiction.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797 -- Fiction.
Italy -- History -- 1559-1789 -- Fiction.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- Fiction.
India -- History -- Fiction.
Summary
:
In the early seventeenth century, young Venetian Filippo Veroneo travels from Venice to Afghanistan to rescue his imprisoned father, Geronimo, and stops in India to raise the ransom by selling his father's beautiful diamond to the ruler Shah Jehan, who later uses the stone as the model for the Taj Mahal.
ISBN
:
9780374308469
Publisher
:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005, c2003.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Stratford | F GAV | Book | 30577000231838 | Fiction |