The Queen's Diamonds

This is a beautiful and well researched book! Sister loved it for her birthday. It's full of history and the pictures are vivid and expertly done.

As a jeweler, I have always thought that gems are immortal (they really are) and that they hold memories. Jewelry is one of those things that are durable enough to last through generations and even centuries. this is the ultimate history book. every time YOU go to the jewelry store, you are starting a new history. go back through old photos of your family and look at the jewelry. when those pieces are passed down and subsequent family members wear them, you see the family history. Jewelry is beautiful, wearable, history. this book shows wonderful photos and paintings of some of the best documentation of that history. within the reflections of gems and jewels are the memories of events when each was worn. the history of a family. yours or the Royal Family. seeing this displayed in this wonderful and impressive book is inspirational. I hope, when I am back in a Jewelry shop, will be on the counter to show that each purchase in the beginning of a family history.

Lots of history and beautiful pictures.

This is the most beautiful book on royal jewels I've ever seen --- and I've seen many and own most of them. Words cannot convey the size of the photographs, the intricate detail of the jewelry described (some shown front and back) and the quality of the paper. The history of each piece is interesting, detailed and well-researched. I just wish there was a companion book by this author on the Queen's colored jewelry collection. This book is pricy, but it's six pounds of utter heart-stopping beauty if you love royalty and jewelry. Save up and buy this book. You'll not regret it.

This is the top book for jewels. Every photo is a masterpiece. This book is expensive but worth it. It will be a collectors item eventually. I turn each page carefully as to not get fingerprints on the photos/pages.

This coffee table sized book is a visual feast with life sized photos of each piece - tiaras, crowns, diadems, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, earrings and rings. Some are also shown through enlarged photos. Presented chronologically according to its original owner, the list begins with Queen Adelaide and continues through to HM Queen Elizabeth. The history of each piece along with photos of the queens who wore it gives a fascinating glimpse of how these priceless pieces have been changed to fit fashion. Though the book is a bit pricey, Amazon's price is considerably cheaper than ordering it from the Royal Collection (I checked.) The quality of the paper, the color printing, and the graphic layout are of the unsurpassed quality one would expect from an official royal release. For anyone interested in history, British royalty, or diamond jewelry, this book is a treasure.

After reading the title, who is not curious to know what the Queens of England owns? And after seeing the book with it's excellent photos and great close ups of the jewelry. One is left with the thought that it is one of the best jewelry collection of all time. A lot of the fabulous Russian pieces are now part of the crown jewels, that plus the different marriages had indeed made it worth buying this great coffee table book.

This book is amazing not just because of the meticulous history and detail about each beautiful piece of jewelry -- but the photography and the quality of the book are incredible. I just love it and I am having the most fun reading about each piece, and the books shows all the former owners of each item wearing them, so you get a great sense of the history and continuity these jewels possess. I can't recommend it too highly. If you are a diamond lover, or a lover of British history, buy this book!!

Excellent. Lots of info that wasn't in previous books I've got; also some really great photographs.

ヴィクトリア女王以前の時代から代々英国王室に受け継がれてきたティアラやコロネットのほぼ全てが収録されています。 その数は莫大で、、また着用シーンやその由来などの解説も非常に良い物です。 時代によってのデザイン流行の変遷やリフォームの跡、また彫金技術の向上などが 拡大写真から読み取ることが出来て、単にジュエリーを鑑賞する本としてでなく、彫金技師や宝飾デザイナーの方などにも 大変お勧めできる1冊です。 ただし、収録に際してはタイトルの通り基本的に「ダイヤモンドとパール」を用いた物がメインですので、英国王室の宝石類の中でも カラードストーンを用いた物は出てきません。 そういった点のみが残念ですが、十分に良い資料でです。

Un muy buen libro, muy bien ilustrado y dccumentado. Hay que fijarse de que en el título sólo habla de "diamantes". De alguna manera pensé que era una forma de hablar de las joyas de la reina en general, pero no. El libro trata de aquellas hechas exclusivamente o principalmente con diamantes, con alguna excepción (justificada por los diamantes). Las otras joyas no salen en el libro (la famosa tiara de aguamarinas y otras joyas por el estilo).

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If you want to know about the diamond Crown Jewels for the UK Royal family, THIS is the book. The pictures are outstanding and the write ups are informative. Excellent paper quality. The archival information was just what I was looking for.