Diamond by Matthew Hart

Diamond by Matthew Hart

‘Matthew Hart conveys the glamour, adventure, ruthlessness and even murderous nature of the trade with a novelist’s grasp of narrative…Excellent’ The Times

‘Wonderfully absorbing.’ Simon Winchester

‘Hart writes, as it were, from the heart…he cares so intimately, knows so much and selects so impeccably…he has sketched a vignette of 20th-century social and economic change from the point of view of a most atypical industry.’ Sunday Times

‘Anyone who looks at the glittering window displays of jewellery shops will think rather differently after reading it.’ Guardian

‘A gripping story of truly global reach…he has kept his tale at just the right pressure and temperature, and the result is a compelling book – think Indiana Jones meets James Bond meets Forbes ASAP.’ Independent on Sunday

‘From the frozen wastes of northern Canada to the beaches of Namibia and on to the fortified diamond houses of London’s Charterhouse Street, this is, fittingly, sparkling stuff.’ GQ

Matthew Hart is a writer and diamond expert. He has contributed articles on diamonds in Atlantic Monthly Review and othe journals. He has previously published two novels and a non-fiction account of a gold prospectors.