Immortal Diamond

Synopsis

The jewel was a fake. The Empire was the lie.

1909: in a villa in South Ascot, an extraordinary secret is about to be shared. Princess Sophia Duleep Singh – suffragette, firebrand, daughter of the last Maharajah of the Punjab – arrives with a burden that could threaten the foundations of the British Monarchy. At the heart of her visit is the Koh-i-Noor: the ‘Mountain of Light’, the ultimate symbol of Imperial seizure. Tracing a trail of colonial plunder from the Treasury at Lahore to the drawing rooms of the Edwardian elite, Immortal Diamond is part high-stakes mystery, part tragic exposure of Imperial hypocrisy. A novel about loyalty, illusion, and the enduring sparkle of resistance.

Praise for Previous Work

(on previous work) (On previous The Potter’s Hand) A novel of epic scope, rich in warmth, intellect and humanity … Wilson has a light touch with his research.

(on previous work) (On Resolution) Wilson is a great biographer and a fine novelist, and his book is as much a factual account … as a piece of historical fiction. His achievement is to impart a restrained imaginative power.

(on previous work) (On Winnie and Wolf) An extraordinary relationship … Wilson reveals the unusual kinship between Winifred Wagner and Adolf Hitler through a shared love of opera.

(on previous work) (On The Potter’s Hand) Erudite, often engaging and elegantly written … a magnificent canvas.

(on previous work) (On Resolution) Wilson’s description as a “perennial wanderer” carries the readers along … he conveys the intellectual atmosphere of the eighteenth century with vivid imagination.