The Diva's Ruby
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9781419128240
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; General; Fiction; Fiction - General
First sentence: THERE is a rugby mine hidden in the heart of the mountains near a remote little city of Central Asia, unknown to European travellers; and the secret of the treasure belongs to the two chief families of the place, and has been carefully guarded for many generations, handed down through the men from father to son; and often the children of these two families have married, yet none of the women ever learned the way to the mine from their excepting one only, and her name was Baraka, which may perhaps mean 'Blessed'; but no blessing came to her when she was born.