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Koh-i-Nur by William Dalrymple & Anita Anand Book Summary
Tra le storie più affascinanti di sempre merita senza dubbio un posto quella del Koh-i-Nur, il diamante dal valore stimato «in due giorni e mezzo di cibo per il mondo intero», la gemma portentosa contesa nel corso dei secoli da un numero impressionante di re, conquistatori, principi, razziatori, ladri e imperatori, le cui morti truculente ne alimentarono la fama di pietra maledetta: accecati, avvelenati, torturati, bruciati nell’olio bollente, ‘incoronati’ con il piombo fuso o uccisi dai familiari. Nel riscrivere questa storia, William Dalrymple e Anita Anand la sottraggono alle brume del mito e la ricostruiscono meticolosamente a partire dalle fonti originali (persiane, afghane, urdu, in parte tradotte per la prima volta), offrendoci così un libro non meno rigoroso che avvincente. E mostrandoci, tra l’altro, come la ‘maledizione’ non abbia nulla di soprannaturale, ma sia la concreta manifestazione della cupidigia e della furia omicida che questo gioiello inestimabile ha suscitato, storicamente, in tutti coloro che lo hanno bramato. E quando il Koh-i-Nur trovò in Inghilterra «la sua dimora definitiva», lo seguì il suo ultimo proprietario indiano, Duleep Singh, che nacque sovrano del più potente regno dell’India e morì, abbandonato da tutti, in un hotel di Parigi, mentre la gemma che un tempo aveva fieramente indossato faceva bella mostra di sé sulla corona della regina Vittoria.
Book Name | Koh-i-Nur |
Genre | Asia |
Author | William Dalrymple & Anita Anand |
Published | 21 May 2020, Thursday |
Language | English |
E-Book Size | 3.6 MB |
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The Koh-i-Nur book written by William Dalrymple & Anita Anand was published on 21 May 2020, Thursday in the Asia category. A total of 140 readers of the book gave the book 0 points out of 5.
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