03132cam a2200337 4500 524583756 TxAuBib 20211105120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063016590 0063016591 773c3b97-d266-4a5f-968b-7e5883c63a18 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5077451 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Manning, Kirsty. The Lost Jewels [Libby] : A Novel. HarperAudio, 2020. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 224MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 224MB. Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p>From the author of The Song of the Jade Lily comes a thrilling story of a family secret that leads to a legendary treasure.</p> <p>Why would someone bury a bucket of precious jewels and gemstones and never return?</p> <p>Present Day. When respected American jewelry historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she's on the brink of the experience of a lifetime.</p> <p>But the trip to London forces Kate to explore secrets that have long been buried by her own family. Back in Boston, Kate has uncovered a series of sketches in her great-grandmother's papers linking her suffragette great-grandmother Essie to the Cheapside collection. Could these sketches hold the key to Essie's secret life in Edwardian London?</p> <p>In the summer of 1912, impoverished Irish immigrant Essie Murphy happens to be visiting her brother when a workman's pickaxe strikes through the floor of an old tenement house in Cheapside, near St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The workmen uncover a stash of treasure—from Ottoman pendants to Elizabethan and Jacobean gems—and then the finds disappear again! Could these jewels—one in particular—change the fortunes of Essie and her sisters?</p> <p>Together with photographer Marcus Holt, Kate Kirby chases the history of the Cheapside gems and jewels, especially the story of a small diamond champlevé enamel ring. Soon, everything Kate believes about her family, gemology, and herself will be threatened.</p> <p>Based on a fascinating true story, The Lost Jewels is a riveting historical fiction novel that will captivate readers from the beginning to the unforgettable, surprising end.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Beaumont, Natasha. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/5077451-TheLostJewels.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=773c3b97-d266-4a5f-968b-7e5883c63a18&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/5077451-TheLostJewels.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=773c3b97-d266-4a5f-968b-7e5883c63a18&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)