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Novels about stones and jewelry

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Vsummer holidays, an ideal time to escape with a novel. We invite you to take the opportunity to dive into the world of jewelry or their iconic creators. This is an opportunity to dream with the explorers who are stone hunters or to imagine yourself alongside great designers during the key periods in the history of Jewelery.

The great classics, stones and jewelry...

Your teenagers discover Pearl of Steinbeck in back-to-school reading?
We offer you an even more immersive classic in the world of precious materials with Lin the valley of the rubies by J. Kessel.
The joy of reading a great novelist who brings colorful characters to life through a mythical and nostalgic era. The most beautiful origin of ruby, Burma and of course the Mogok Valley are told to you to bring fantastic landscapes within reach, the secrets of those who have immersed themselves in them and the fever that animates explorers, traders, adventurers in search of most extraordinary stones...

The stone hunter: Patrick Voillot

Stone hunters still exist!
Patrick Voillot in France is a good example. Pharmacist and gemologist, his passion has taken him to the four corners of the world where he has made documentaries and his travels have been the source of many stories, each as fascinating as the next.

We offer you the latest, some books are unfortunately out of stock like On the trail of gems. Travel and shiver with the illustrated story of Chumar Bakar's Treasure and dream of exceptional stones and hidden treasures...

An era, the Roaring Twenties and Art Deco

A dive into the history of jewelry instead?

Find the epic Last Maharaja of Indore by G. Lenain, honored during an exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris in 2019. A biography of an extraordinary character, which reads like a journey to the heart of the Roaring Twenties and theArt Deco, but also as a crossing of India in the process of independence. 

The passion of a jewelry designer: Jeanne Toussaint

We also savor the passionate life of Jeanne Toussaint through La Panthère de S. des Horts, a biography as much as a real novel to cross the century. Artists, intellectuals of the time, collectors of the creations of the Cartier house and greats of this world are described by the eyes of Jeanne Toussaint. Like a diary,  The Panther reveals to us a designer with an iron will and a passion for beauty and the exceptional, which led her alongside Louis Cartier to imagine legendary collections for his House.

The inspiration of the big houses  

Finally, we recommend you, although it is not a novel per se - but what exciting stories! – The Dynasties of Luxury by Y. Kerlau. Hermès, Vuitton, Gucci... Dynasties of lavish designers have often had miserable beginnings before enjoying life filled with twists and turns.
To devour like a novel!

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