Gavin, Jamila.

The blood stone / Jamila Gavin. - London, Eng. : Egmont, c2003. - 401 p. ; 20 cm.

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.

ISBN: 1405212527 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Veroneo, Geronimo, fl. 1630 to 1653 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fathers and sons--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--History--1526-1765--Fiction.
Venice (Italy)--History--1508-1797--Fiction.
Italy--History--1559-1789--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fantasy fiction.
Adventure stories.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.G2355 / Bl 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 823.914