A Mountain Of Light
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The Mountain Of Light
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Author : Indu Sundaresan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-10-08
The Mountain Of Light written by Indu Sundaresan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-08 with Fiction categories.
From the internationally bestselling author of The Twentieth Wife, a novel based on the tumultuous history of a legendary 186-carat diamond—originating in India—and the men and women who possessed it. As empires rose and fell and mighty kings jostled for power, its glittering radiance never dimmed. It is the “Mountain of Light”—the Kohinoor diamond—and its facets reflect a sweeping story of love, adventure, conquest, and betrayal. Its origins are the stuff of myth, but for centuries this spectacular gem changes hands from one ruler to another in India, Persia, and Afghanistan. In 1850, the ancient stone is sent halfway around the world where it will play a pivotal role in the intertwined destinies of a boy-king of India and a young queen of England—a queen who claims the Mountain of Light and India itself for her own burgeoning empire, the most brilliant jewels in her imperial crown. The Mountain of Light is a magnificent story of loss and recovery, sweeping change and enduring truth, wrapped around the glowing heart of one of the world’s most famous diamonds.
The Mountain Of Light
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Author : Indu Sundaresan
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2013-10-18
The Mountain Of Light written by Indu Sundaresan and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-18 with Fiction categories.
The much-awaited new novel from the author of the bestselling Taj trilogy By the time Queen Victoria slipped the kohinoor on her wrist, the gem had travelled around the world, changing hands over the centuries from one ruler to another in Persia, Afghanistan and India. The fascinating story of this 105-carat diamond opens in 1830, when the Indian Maharaja and founder of the Sikh empire, Ranjit Singh, takes possession of the massive jewel that has been passed from man to man, king to king, and emperor to emperor, through bloodshed and destruction, since the 1200s. When Ranjit Singh dies, four of his sons are slaughtered in wars with the British and the diamond is left to Prince Dalip Singh, a six-year-old child. The British governor-general orders that the Mountain of Light be secreted out of India in 1850, and the teenage-king Dalip Singh follows the diamond to London to officially present it to the queen as a spoil of the Sikh War. He is feted and petted by the British monarchy for a long while-until he realizes that all that Britain gives him cannot make up for the loss of his country and its celebrated diamond. Told in her inimitable trademark style, Indu Sundaresan's The Mountain of Light is a wondrous and historically rich tale, as clear and as dazzling as a diamond itself.
Chasing The Mountain Of Light
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Author : Kevin Rushby
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2001-06-02
Chasing The Mountain Of Light written by Kevin Rushby and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-02 with History categories.
The Koh-i-Noor diamond known as the Mountain of Light, the world's largest diamond, was found in India, traveled from Golconda to the Mughal palaces in the north. Fought over, cursed at and occasionally lost, it finally reached the Sikhs in the Punjab, only to be seized by British agents eager to please young Queen Victoria. It now lies in the Tower of London where some say its curse controls the fate of the Windsor family. In Chasing the Mountain of Light, Kevin Rushby pursues the dramatic career of the Koh-i-Noor on a journey to the heart of Indian culture meeting dealers, smugglers, and petty crooks along the way. It's another adventure from Rushby whom the Washington Post recently compared to William S. Burroughs and Arthur Rimbaud.
Mountain Light
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Author : Galen A. Rowell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Mountain Light written by Galen A. Rowell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Landscape photography categories.
The unique artistic vision of Galen Rowell, one of the world's greatest photographers, is presented in these spectacular landscapes. "The viewer's first reaction to these photographs is awe--they are sheer magic".--Publishers Weekly. 80 color photos.
Beautiful On The Mountain
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Author : Jeannie Light
language : en
Publisher: Tyndale House
Release Date : 2014-05-16
Beautiful On The Mountain written by Jeannie Light and has been published by Tyndale House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
If you enjoyed the classic novel Christy and the bestselling Mitford series, then you’ll love Beautiful on the Mountain, a real-life tale about serving God in unlikely circumstances. In 1977, Jeannie Light left her fine plantation home amid heartbreak and came to Graves Mill, a tiny hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Alone in an utterly new kind of life, Jeannie was determined to find the courage to make a fresh start. To Jeannie’s surprise, she found herself called upon by her new neighbors to open the old, deteriorated country church, a place that had once united the fractured community of mountain folk. With no training, and no small amount of trepidation, she undertook the task. And as she embarked on an unforeseen series of adventures, from heartbreaking to hilarious, Jeannie would learn more than she ever expected about faith, loving your neighbor, and doing the work that God sets in front of you. Because sometimes, God calls us to go where there is no path . . . and leave a trail.
Koh I Noor
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2017-09-12
Koh I Noor written by William Dalrymple and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-12 with History categories.
From the internationally acclaimed and bestselling historians William Dalrymple and Anita Anand, the first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, arguably the most celebrated jewel in the world. On March 29, 1849, the ten-year-old leader of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the center of the British fort in Lahore, India. There, in a formal Act of Submission, the frightened but dignified child handed over to the British East India Company swathes of the richest land in India and the single most valuable object in the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond, otherwise known as the Mountain of Light. To celebrate the acquisition, the British East India Company commissioned a history of the diamond woven together from the gossip of the Delhi Bazaars. From that moment forward, the Koh-i-Noor became the most famous and mythological diamond in history, with thousands of people coming to see it at the 1851 Great Exhibition and still more thousands repeating the largely fictitious account of its passage through history. Using original eyewitness accounts and chronicles never before translated into English, Dalrymple and Anand trace the true history of the diamond and disperse the myths and fantastic tales that have long surrounded this awe-inspiring jewel. The resulting history of south and central Asia tells a true tale of greed, conquest, murder, torture, colonialism, and appropriation that shaped a continent and the Koh-i-Noor itself.
Territory Of Light
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Author : Yuko Tsushima
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-04-05
Territory Of Light written by Yuko Tsushima and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-05 with Fiction categories.
'Wonderfully poetic ... extraordinary freshness ... a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret Drabble It is Spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. Territory of Light follows her over the course of a year, as she struggles to bring up her two-year-old daughter alone. Her new home is filled with light, streaming through the windows, so bright you have to squint, but she finds herself plummeting deeper into darkness; becoming unstable, untethered. As the months come and go, and the seasons turn, she must confront what she has lost and what she will become. At once tender and lacerating, luminous and unsettling, Territory of Light is a novel of abandonment, desire and transformation. It was originally published in twelve parts in the Japanese literary monthly Gunzo, between 1978 and 1979, each chapter marking the months in real time.
The Twentieth Wife
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Author : Indu Sundaresan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2003-02-18
The Twentieth Wife written by Indu Sundaresan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-18 with Fiction categories.
The story of Mehrunnisa, the daughter of servents who became the an empresses of the Mughal empire.
On The Mountain Of Light
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Author : Al Hajji Robert J. Rowland
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2008-08-01
On The Mountain Of Light written by Al Hajji Robert J. Rowland and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-01 with Poetry categories.
This book of songs and poetry, is a look at the world we live in. Love, Religion, Politics, Mental Awareness and Controversy of day to day life. As human beings embark on the 21st century, there will be some challenging times ahead. But we are in control of our planet, and each one of us is responsible for the impact that will change our world. Whether good, bad, happy or sad, your state of being will be very important to the contributions you will make. Diamonds wars and diamond deaths, when will they stop. Oil wars or keeping terrorist under control in the middle east must stop. We still have no cures for Aids and Cancer. Oil producer and production are on a greedy path of taking money out of our pockets. Alternative fuels and their production are a immediate need in our world. Let us hope the next generations of our political leaders, will hear the peoples voice and not the lobbyist fueling millions of dollars in their campaign funds. Love is the key to our world survival, everyone should take a trip On The Mountain Of Light. Al Hajji Robert J Rowland
Paths Of Light And Darkness
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Author : Mark Prophet
language : en
Publisher: Summit University Press
Release Date : 2008-06
Paths Of Light And Darkness written by Mark Prophet and has been published by Summit University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
This cornerstone of metaphysical literature explores a cornucopia of topics important to every spiritual seeker.