Title: The blood stone
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.
Subjects: Taj Mahal (Agra, India), Juvenile fiction, Extrasensory perception, Fathers and sons, Voyages and travels, Diamonds, Fiction, History, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Children's fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Voyages and travels, fiction, Extrasensory perception, fiction, India, fiction, Venice (italy), fiction, Italy, history, fiction
Places: Venice (Italy), India, Italy
People: Geronimo Veroneo (fl. 1630 to 1653), Geronimo Veroneo (fl. 1630-1653)
Time periods: 1526-1765, 1508-1797, 1559-1789