Queen of Diamonds by Evalyn Walsh Mclean

Queen of Diamonds by Evalyn Walsh Mclean

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Queen of Diamonds by Evalyn Walsh Mclean

The last and longest private owner of the Hope Diamond, Evalyn Walsh McLean purchased the diamond when she was only twenty-four; spent more than $200,000 on a fabulous honeymoon and ended up in a Paris hotel without enough money to pay the bill; wandered the gloomy rooms of her home imagining crawling reptiles while overcoming her morphine addiction; and stood in the rain wearing a fur coat and clutching the Hope Diamond as her beloved Washington Post was auctioned. The deep indigo stone is but a single facet of her rags-to-riches story.
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ISBN 13 9781577361923
ISBN 10 157736192X
Title Queen of Diamonds
Author Evalyn Walsh Mclean
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Providence House Publishers
Year published 2000-10-19
Number of pages 332
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.