

Brilliance and Fire
A Biography of Diamonds
Author: Rachelle Bergstein
Narrator: Dara Rosenberg
Unabridged: 10 hr 36 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 08/02/2016
Categories: Nonfiction, Art, History, Social History
Synopsis
From the South African mines where most diamonds have been sourced since the late 1890s to the companies that have fought to monopolize them; from the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, and Kanye West, who have dazzled in them, to the people behind the scenes who have carefully crafted our understanding of their value—Brilliance and Fire offers a glittering history of the world’s most coveted gemstone and its greatest champions and most colorful enthusiasts.