CONTENTS: Prologue, Romance of the Diamonds, The Nature of Diamonds, Golconda: The Legend and the History, The Diamond Mines of Golconda, Famous Diamonds of Golconda, The Nizams of Hyderabad, The Diamond Paperweight, The Richest Man in the World, The Jeweller Felt Dizzy, The Nizam Osman Ali Khan's Jewellery, The End of an Era: Sale of the Century, Annotated Bibliography.