The Cheapside Hoard : London's lost jewels / Hazel Forsyth.
In 1912, laborers on a building site in Cheapside in the City of London unearthed a great trove of gemstones and jewels which had lain undisturbed for some 300 years. Known and celebrated as the Cheapside Hoard it is still the largest known cache of its kind in the world. These objects, dazzlingly b...
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Language: | English |
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London :
Philip Wilson Publishers,
[2013]
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Physical Description: | vii, 248 pages : illustrations (chiefly colored) ; 25 cm |
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London's lost jewels. |
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Contents:
- A Spectacular Find
- Cheapside
- Trading Places
- A World Encompassed
- Buried Treasure.