The blood stone
By: Jamila Gavin
Publisher: Egmont
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781405212847
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons
Description: 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. Suggested level: secondary.
Notes: Originally published: 2003.