Queens' Jewels

by Vincent Meylan

Queens' Jewels is the result of a ten-year quest into the highly secretive realm of the collections of royal families throughout the world. The author has discovered the most precious jewels in existence - symbols of power and love - traces of a lost world. This lavish book relates the grandiose history of royal adornments, from the lost jewels of the last queen of Italy and the bloody odyssey of the Romanov crown to the story of the sapphire of the Countess of Paris and the treasure of the Catholic queens of Spain.

Genres: Jewellery, Royalty

208 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2002

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you love Jewels, Vincent Meylan, (chief redacteur of "Point de Vue") beautiful book " Queen's Jewels" is THE BOOK to read. Not only is it written in great style - but there are also stupendous never seen photos in the precious edition. I lost myself in the book for many hours, forgetting time and travelling with some of the Queens like Marie-Antoinette or the Romanovs.

For me the edition is also special because this book is dedicated to my favourite author JULIETTE BENZONI. Monsieur Meylan was a close friend of Juliette Benzoni. I rate it with five stars, and each star is earned for his research.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting, as it covers several deposed monarchies (which most books tend to skip), but curious that it omits Norway altogether.