{"product_id":"the-lost-jewels-paperback","title":"The Lost Jewels - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirsty Manning\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom\u003cbr\u003ethe author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Song of the Jade Lily\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e comes a thrilling story of a\u003cbr\u003efamily secret that leads to a legendary treasure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy would someone bury a bucket of\u003cbr\u003eprecious jewels and gemstones and never return? \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresent Day. When respected American jewelry historian, \u003cbr\u003eKate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she's on the\u003cbr\u003ebrink of the experience of a lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the trip to London forces Kate to explore secrets\u003cbr\u003ethat have long been buried by her own family. Back in Boston, Kate has\u003cbr\u003euncovered a series of sketches in her great-grandmother's papers linking her\u003cbr\u003esuffragette great-grandmother Essie to the Cheapside collection. Could these\u003cbr\u003esketches hold the key to Essie's secret life in Edwardian London? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003ethe summer of 1912, impoverished Irish immigrant Essie Murphy happens to be\u003cbr\u003evisiting her brother when a workman's pickaxe strikes through the floor of an\u003cbr\u003eold tenement house in Cheapside, near St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The\u003cbr\u003eworkmen uncover a stash of treasure--from Ottoman pendants to Elizabethan and\u003cbr\u003eJacobean gems--and then the finds disappear again! Could these jewels--one in\u003cbr\u003eparticular--change the fortunes of Essie and her sisters? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether\u003cbr\u003ewith photographer Marcus Holt, Kate Kirby chases the history of the Cheapside\u003cbr\u003egems and jewels, especially the story of a small diamond champlevé enamel ring.\u003cbr\u003eSoon, everything Kate believes about her family, gemology, and herself will be\u003cbr\u003ethreatened. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a fascinating\u003cbr\u003etrue story, \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Jewels\u003c\/em\u003e is a\u003cbr\u003eriveting historical fiction novel that will captivate readers from the\u003cbr\u003ebeginning to the unforgettable, surprising end. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335512396013,"sku":"9780062882028","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/zpu0Sgwsq29780062882028.webp?v=1785041771","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/the-lost-jewels-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}