| ID | 023731 |
| Call Number | FIC/GAV |
| Title Proper | Blood stone |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gavin, Jamila |
| Publication | London, Egmont Books Limited, 2004. |
| Description | viii, 401p Red spine |
| Note | In the early seventeenth century, young Venetian Filippo Veroneo travels from Venice to Afghanistan to rescue his imprisoned father, Geronimo, and stops in India to raise the ransom by selling his father's beautiful diamond to the ruler Shah Jehan, who later uses the stone as the model for the Taj Mahal. |
| Standard Number | 1405212845 |
| Price. Qualification | £5.99(Pb) |
| Classification Number | FIC |
| Key Words | Fathers and Sons - Fiction ; Diamonds - Fiction ; Venice (Italy) - Fiction ; Voyages and travels - Fiction ; Adventure stories ; India - History - 1526-1765 - Fiction ; Taj Mahal (Agra, India) - Fiction ; Venice (Italy) - History - 1508-1797 - Fiction ; Italy - History - 1559-1789 - Fiction ; Extrasensory perception ; Veroneo, Geronimo, fl. 1630 to 1653 |