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 Great Sancy

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

The Great Sancy

The Sphinx of Diamonds--Looking Back over Three Hundred Years--In the Days of the "Holy League" A Royal Debauchee--A Faithful…

The Great Sancy: Henry

Nicholas was attached both to the Courts of Henry III. and Henry IV., having been ambassador for the former in Turkey, for the latter in…

The Great Sancy: Crown

Whatever credit may be given to these stories, it is certain that the "Sancy" again returned to its rightful owner, from whom it soon…

The Great Sancy: Henrietta

The "present Queen of England" might have been either the queen-consort of Charles II., Catharine of Braganza, or the dowager-queen…

The Great Sancy: Demidoff

But here begin a fresh series of vicissitudes; for it disappeared the very next year, together with the "Blue Diamond," and the other…

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