The Great Diamonds of the World

The Braganza, the Matan, the Nizam, the Koh-i-Noor — the great diamonds one by one, with the thefts, sieges, sales and swindles that carried each of them across the world.

The Austrian Yellow

3 pages in this part of The Great Diamonds of the World.

The Austrian Yellow

Official History--A Romantic Story--A Great Diamond Mistaken for a Piece of Glass--Fact and Fiction--Charles the Bold and "The…

The Austrian Yellow: Charles

It is much to be regretted that this official statement should adopt the erroneous view that the "Florentine" belonged originally to…

The Austrian Yellow: Maximilian

Owing to the confusion between the "Fugger" and "Florentine," the latter has sometimes been called the "Maximilian," as by Murray, who…

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