Queen of Diamonds: The Fabled Legacy of Evalyn Walsh McLean

The last and longest private owner of the Hope Diamond, Evalyn Walsh McLean purchased the diamond when she was only twenty-four; spent more than $200,000 on a fabulous honeymoon and ended up in a Paris hotel without enough money to pay the bill; wandered the gloomy rooms of her home imagining crawling reptiles while overcoming her morphine addiction; and stood in the rain wearing a fur coat and clutching the Hope Diamond as her beloved Washington Post was auctioned. The deep indigo stone is but a single facet of her rags-to-riches story.

Author: Evalyn Walsh McLean
Publisher: Turner
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 332
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 9.47h x 6.35w x 1.38d
ISBN13: 9781577361923
ISBN10: 157736192X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Rich & Famous
- Biography & Autobiography | Women