The blood stone
Title:
The blood stone
Personal Author EPSB:
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:
ISBN:
9780374308469
Publisher:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005, c2003.
