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Title: French Blue
Sub-title: An Illustrated Novel of the 17th Century
By (author): Richard W Wise
ISBN10-13: 0972822364 : 9780972822367
Between the years 1630-1668, the French gem merchant, Jean Baptiste Tavernier made six voyages to Persia and India. His true exploits by land and sea go far beyond the ink and paper exploits of fictional adventurers. Tavernier met and did business with some of the world's most powerful princes and romanced some of the most beautiful women. Sometime during his later voyages, Tavernier acquired a magnificent 116 carat blue diamond. Upon his return to France, he sold the diamond to Louis XIV, for the equivalent of 147 kilos of pure gold. The Sun King made him Baron of Aubonne. The remains of Tavernier's blue gem is known today as the Hope Diamond, but for the first 200 years of its history it was called simply The French Blue.
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"The French Blue by Richard Wise provides a creative and intriguing glimpse into the life of Jean Baptiste Tavernier, the greatest gem merchant of all time. Anyone who is passionate about gems has read Tavernier's own accounts of his travels and the fabulous gems he sought, but Wise takes us on a personal journey alongside Tavernier in which we feel his youthful exuberance and determination, his successes and his disappointments; his delights and his fears, his loves and his losses. Wise enables us to experience the world of the 16th century as experienced by Tavernier, and provides us a greater appreciation not only for the remarkable gems he brought to the attention of the world, but for the man himself, and his other great love--the beautiful Madeleine--who proved to be the most precious, and most elusive, of all the gems he succeeded in acquiring! The French Blue is a must-read for anyone who loves travel, adventure, fabulous gems...and of course, a great love story." Antoinette Matlins, gemologist and author of Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide
"Featured in Antiques Info, May/June 2010"
Pages: 570 Size: 160x235mm
Published: Brunswick House Press (US) - December 2009
Format: Paperback
Subjects: Historical adventure : Antiques & collectables: jewellery
List Price: 30.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability: In Stock Qty Available: 6
Title: 1 of: 5

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Title: Secrets of the Gem Trade

Sub-title: The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious Gemstones

Edition Statement: Second Edition

By (author): Richard W. Wise

ISBN10-13: 0972822321 : 9780972822329

Finally the real truth about how master jewellers, gemmologists and major auction houses value diamonds and colored gemstones.

Pages: 404 Size: 280x215mm Illustrations: 277 colour photos

Published: Brunswick House Press (US) - November 2016

Format: Hardback

Subjects: Mineralogy & gems : Antiques & collectables: jewellery : Jewellery & beadcraft

List Price: 101.99 Pounds Sterling

Availability: Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon

Title: 2 of: 5

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Title: The Dawning

Sub-title: 31,000 BC

By (author): Richard Wise

ISBN13: 9798986420806

Ejil and Lada, son and daughter of a Cro-Magnon tribe (on the verge of adulthood) have begun to explore their maturing feelings when an encounter with a clan of Neanderthal hunters tears their Ice Age world apart. Lada is lost and Ejil finds himself embarked on a desperate odyssey to find the mother tribe.

Pages: 324

Published: Brunswick House Press - July 2022

Format: Hardback

Subjects: Mineralogy & gems : Antiques & collectables: jewellery : Jewellery & beadcraft

List Price: 26.99 Pounds Sterling

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