Author: Diana Scarisbrick

The Beverley Gem Collection at Alnwick Castle is one of the most distinguished in Great Britain still in private hands. Alnwick Castle, ancestral ...

Whereas the life of her husband, the dashing Napoleonic general and diplomat Charles de Flahaut, is well known, Margaret has remained in the shadow...

Accompanying an exhibition at Les Enluminures, New York, this lavish catalogue presents an extraordinary collection of diamonds from the king of ge...

Diamond jewelry has long been symbolic of political power and authority in Europe. This book focuses on the individuals who commissioned and wore e...

Now available in paperback, this book devotes itself exclusively to rings, considering them thematically rather than chronologically. The author, a...

Rare is the man with the force of character, powers of leadership, and variety of cultural, scientific and spiritual interests of Elihu Yale (1649-...