""Hope: Adventures of a Diamond is a copious, unstinting work of
popular scholarship, and a rousing tale of the flawless sapphire
blue stone that holds 'the secret of Creation itself.' Marian
Fowler's chronological approach to the material is well organized
and richly detailed, and the book's insights on changing values
ascribed to the diamond -- on how so many paid so much for a mere
lump of mineral -- are particularly strong." -- "Quill and
Quire
"Fowler's detailed, vivid description of the gem's rough life in
India is some of her best work. . . . . Fowler has done a fine job
conveying what people have created in their minds from the
reflection of this miraculous, but mute, stone." -- "The Globe and
Mail
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