Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair - Hardcover

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.

`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