
Queen of Diamonds
The Fabled Legacy of Evalyn Walsh McLean
Evalyn Walsh McLean(Author)
Providence House Publishers
Will be published approx. on 19. October 2000
Book
Hardback
332 pages
978-1-57736-192-3 (ISBN)
Description
The last and longest private owner of the Hope Diamond, Evalyn Walsh McLean purchased the diamond when she was only twenty-four; spent more than $200,000 on a fabulous honeymoon and ended up in a Paris hotel without enough money to pay the bill; wandered the gloomy rooms of her home imagining crawling reptiles while overcoming her morphine addiction; and stood in the rain wearing a fur coat and clutching the Hope Diamond as her beloved Washington Post was auctioned. The deep indigo stone is but a single facet of her rags-to-riches story.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Insert of black-and-white photos
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
708 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57736-192-3 (9781577361923)
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