Nelson's lost jewel : the extraordinary story of the lost diamond chelengk /Martyn Downer.

A detailed history of the Chelengk diamond famously owned by Admiral Lord Nelson, covering its acquisition in 1798 after the Battle of the Nile to its troubled association with Nelson's heirs, and its eventual theft from the National Maritime Museum in 1951. Includes 16 pages of plates in both colour and black and white.