{"product_id":"the-lost-jewels-9780062882028","title":"The Lost Jewels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Song of the Jade Lily\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e comes a thrilling story of a family secret that leads to a legendary treasure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy would someone bury a bucket of precious jewels and gemstones and never return? \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresent Day. When respected American jewelry historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she's on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the trip to London forces Kate to explore secrets that have long been buried by her own family. Back in Boston, Kate has uncovered a series of sketches in her great-grandmother's papers linking her suffragette great-grandmother Essie to the Cheapside collection. Could these sketches hold the key to Essie's secret life in Edwardian London? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1912, impoverished Irish immigrant Essie Murphy happens to be visiting her brother when a workman's pickaxe strikes through the floor of an old tenement house in Cheapside, near St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The workmen uncover a stash of treasure--from Ottoman pendants to Elizabethan and Jacobean gems--and then the finds disappear again  Could these jewels--one in particular--change the fortunes of Essie and her sisters? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with photographer Marcus Holt, Kate Kirby chases the history of the Cheapside gems and jewels, especially the story of a small diamond champlev  enamel ring. Soon, everything Kate believes about her family, gemology, and herself will be threatened. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on a fascinating true story, \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Jewels\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting historical fiction novel that will captivate readers from the beginning to the unforgettable, surprising end. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eManning, Kirsty:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKirsty Manning grew up in northern New South Wales, Australia. She has degrees in literature and communications and worked as an editor and publishing manager in book publishing for over a decade. A country girl with wanderlust, her travels and studies have taken her through most of Europe, the east, and west coasts of the United States as well as pockets of Asia. Kirsty's journalism and photography specializing in lifestyle and travel regularly appear in magazines, newspapers, and online. She lives in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671145484562,"sku":"9780062882028","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a724e53-0bce-4a57-8bca-3b6ae4121718.jpg?v=1733796909","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-jewels-9780062882028","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}