Indu Sundaresan

The Mountain of Light (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From the internationally bestselling author of The Twentieth Wife, a novel based on the tumultuous history of a legendary 186-carat diamondoriginating in Indiaand the men and women who possessed it.

As empires rose and fell and mighty kings jostled for power, its glittering radiance never dimmed. It is the Mountain of Lightthe Kohinoor diamondand its facets reflect a sweeping story of love, adventure, conquest, and betrayal. Its origins are the stuff of myth, but for centuries this spectacular gem changes hands from one ruler to another in India, Persia, and Afghanistan. In 1850, the ancient stone is sent halfway around the world where it will play a pivotal role in the intertwined destinies of a boy-king of India and a young queen of Englanda queen who claims the Mountain of Light and India itself for her own burgeoning empire, the most brilliant jewels in her imperial crown.

The Mountain of Light is a magnificent story of loss and recovery, sweeping change and enduring truth, wrapped around the glowing heart of one of the world's most famous diamonds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781451643527
• Artikelnr.: 39576125

Autorenporträt

Indu Sundaresan was born in India and came to the US for graduate school at the University of Delaware. She is the author of The Twentieth Wife, The Feast of Roses, Splendor of Silence, In the Convent of Little Flowers, Shadow Princess, and The Mountain of Light.