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Chargement... The Lost Jewels (2020)par Kirsty Manning
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) CasSprout | Dec 18, 2022 |  4leschats | Jan 5, 2022 |  ) shazjhb | Apr 7, 2021 | Kate Kirby, an historian, is commissioned to research and write about the Cheapside Hoard, a treasure trove of jewelry discovered under the London Streets in 1912. The story goes back and forth between three time frames: present, 1912, and 1600s. The 1912 story features an Irish lass, Essie, a poor factory worker who is trying to keep her siblings together because the mother is an alcoholic. Her brother Tom, a navvy, or laborer, is in on the discovery of the jewels. There is a foreman, Edward, who takes a fancy to Essie. Essie ends up fleeing to America, and the jewels figure in this. The other time frame is the 1600s, when the jewels are discovered in India and Sri Lanka, and then later find their way to London, where they are made into jewelry. The story prompted me to look up the Cheapside Hoard, which is held in a London museum. Being a Bostonian, I liked that part of the story was set in Boston, in settings I am familiar with. That's always a bonus. The research is evident in the story. The writing is clear but pedestrian, and I figured out what had happened long before the ending, but it was still an enjoyable read. (  ) fromthecomfychair | Sep 16, 2020 | ) wagner.sarah35 | Aug 19, 2020 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Literature.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: From the author of The Song of the Jade Lily comes a thrilling story of a family secret that leads to a legendary treasure. Why would someone bury a bucket of precious jewels and gemstones and never return? Present Day. When respected American jewelry historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she's on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. But the trip to London forces Kate to explore secrets that have long been buried by her own family. Back in Boston, Kate has uncovered a series of sketches in her great-grandmother's papers linking her suffragette great-grandmother Essie to the Cheapside collection. Could these sketches hold the key to Essie's secret life in Edwardian London? In the summer of 1912, impoverished Irish immigrant Essie Murphy happens to be visiting her brother when a workman's pickaxe strikes through the floor of an old tenement house in Cheapside, near St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The workmen uncover a stash of treasureâ??from Ottoman pendants to Elizabethan and Jacobean gemsâ??and then the finds disappear again! Could these jewelsâ??one in particularâ??change the fortunes of Essie and her sisters? Together with photographer Marcus Holt, Kate Kirby chases the history of the Cheapside gems and jewels, especially the story of a small diamond champlevé enamel ring. Soon, everything Kate believes about her family, gemology, and herself will be threatened. Based on a fascinating true story, The Lost Jewels is a riveting historical fiction novel that will captivate readers from the beginning to the unforgettable, surpri Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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