QUOTE
“Coal they started
Diamond they ended”
About the Authors
William Dalrymple
A Scottish historian and a writer Dalrymple was born on 20th March 1965, in Scotland. In his lifetime Dalrymple has won several prestigious awards for his work. Few of those include “Sunday Times Young British Writer Of The Year Award”, and “The Wolfson Prizes”. Till the recent times he has written eight books on topics like the history and art of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Muslim world , Hinduism etc.
Anita Anand
Anand a British-Indian radio and television representative is an alumni of the King’s College London, UK. Born to the Punjabi Sikh parents Anand worked for the BBC Radio 5 Live. Anita has been recognized for her first book “Sophia:Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary” which got published in 2015. In 2005 she won the “Nazia Hassan” Award as an Upcoming Television Broadcaster.
Book Review #7
Kohinoor, needless to say is considered a prized possession for the both the countries India and The United Kingdom. In spite of it’s not so big size the diamond has managed to make it’s reputation in one of the costliest jewels in the world. In the book, Dalrymple and Anand tried to gather all the facts regarding the history and sovereignty of the Kohinoor. From emerging out of the alluvial deposit somewhere in India to “surrender” the diamond to Queen Victoria, everything has been written in detail.
The book has been divided into two halves, the first includes the History of Kohinoor and the second includes the (not so predicted) future of the diamond. It includes whether the diamond should be returned to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iran, Or it will rest on the crown of future Queen Camilla.
At the end, I would recommend this book to everyone, the people who have the slightest idea of Kohinoor and to those who have no idea. Written in an easy way the book can keep you stuck to a place. (At least it happened with me), It is a history in detail, which leaves you with a thought that whether the Kohinoor is a curse Diamond or played a personified victim.
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