The Diamond
Julie Baumgold, . . Simon & Schuster, $24 (308pp) ISBN 978-0-7432-6481-5
Baumgold's Napoléon-centered historical features deft, magazine profile–like characterizations and a gracefully brisk pace. Found by a slave in India in 1701 and transported to England by one Thomas Pitt, the Régent diamond (the title McGuffin) was sold to the French Bourbons, eventually ending up, for a time, with Napoléon. Baumgold (
Reviewed on: 09/19/2005
Genre: Fiction
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