{"product_id":"books-the-lost-jewels-by-kirsty-manning","title":"The Lost Jewels","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom\u003cbr\u003e the author of The Song of the Jade Lily comes a thrilling story of a\u003cbr\u003e family secret that leads to a legendary treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy would someone bury a bucket of\u003cbr\u003e precious jewels and gemstones and never return?  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresent Day. When respected American jewelry historian,\u003cbr\u003e Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she's on the\u003cbr\u003e brink of the experience of a lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut the trip to London forces Kate to explore secrets\u003cbr\u003e that have long been buried by her own family. Back in Boston, Kate has\u003cbr\u003e uncovered a series of sketches in her great-grandmother's papers linking her\u003cbr\u003e suffragette great-grandmother Essie to the Cheapside collection. Could these\u003cbr\u003e sketches hold the key to Essie's secret life in Edwardian London? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003e the summer of 1912, impoverished Irish immigrant Essie Murphy happens to be\u003cbr\u003e visiting her brother when a workman's pickaxe strikes through the floor of an\u003cbr\u003e old tenement house in Cheapside, near St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The\u003cbr\u003e workmen uncover a stash of treasure--from Ottoman pendants to Elizabethan and\u003cbr\u003e Jacobean gems--and then the finds disappear again! Could these jewels--one in\u003cbr\u003e particular--change the fortunes of Essie and her sisters? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTogether\u003cbr\u003e with photographer Marcus Holt, Kate Kirby chases the history of the Cheapside\u003cbr\u003e gems and jewels, especially the story of a small diamond champlevé enamel ring.\u003cbr\u003e Soon, everything Kate believes about her family, gemology, and herself will be\u003cbr\u003e threatened.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on a fascinating\u003cbr\u003e true story, The Lost Jewels is a\u003cbr\u003e riveting historical fiction novel that will captivate readers from the\u003cbr\u003e beginning to the unforgettable, surprising end.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53674767483153,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780062882028.jpg?v=1781535587","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-lost-jewels-by-kirsty-manning","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}