The Pindar Diamond

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: Reprint

Description: 281 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Lust, Greed And Danger Among The Levant Traders Of Seventeenth Century Venice

Publishers Description: Venice, 1604. When rumours of a rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate amongst the gamblers and courtesans of the Venetian demi-monde, the Levant Company merchant Paul Pindar becomes convinced that the jewel is linked to the fate of his former love, Celia Lamprey. As his obsession with the mysterious stone grows it becomes clear that there are other, more sinister forces at play. Is the diamond real, or is it just a trick to lure him to his ruin?

ISBN: 9781408809860