The mysterious Mr Jacob

• Verfasst von: Zubrzycki, John [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The mysterious Mr Jacob
• Titelzusatz: diamond merchant, magician & spy
• Verf.angabe: John Zubrzycki
• Verlagsort: Melbourne, Australia
• Verlag: Transit Lounge
• Jahr: 2017
• Umfang: xiii, 289 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Porträts
• Format: 24 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 978-0-9953594-3-7
• ISBN: 0-9953594-3-1
• Schlagwörter: (g)Britisch-Indien / (s)Edelsteinhandel / (s)Juwelier / (z)Geschichte 1865-1921
• Dokumenttyp: Biografie
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Commerçants - Inde - Simla - Biographies
• Sach-SW: Diamants - Inde - Simla
• Sach-SW: Diamants - Industrie - Inde - Simla
• Sach-SW: Fraude - Inde - Simla
• Sach-SW: Diamond industry and trade
• Sach-SW: Diamonds
• Sach-SW: Fraud
• Sach-SW: Merchants
• Sach-SW: Biographies
• Sach-SW: Biographies
• Sach-SW: Biographies
• Geograph. SW: India - Simla
• K10plus-PPN: 1910804088

Abstract

It was a scandal that rocked the highest echelons of the British Raj. In 1891, a notorious jeweller and curio dealer from Simla offered to sell the world's largest brilliant-cut diamond to the fabulously wealthy Nizam of Hyderabad. If the audacious deal succeeded it would set the merchant up for life. But the transaction went horribly wrong. The Nizam accused him of fraud, triggering a sensational trial in the Calcutta High Court that made headlines around the world