The Amber Room : the fate of the world's greatest lost treasure /
The Amber Room was one of mankind's greatest treasures, a masterpiece of staggering ambition and value. Commissioned by Frederick I of Prussia in 1701, its vast and intricately worked amber panels- many times more valuable than gold- were sent in 1717 as a gift to Peter the Great of Russia. A s...
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Toronto : New York :
Viking Canada ; Penguin,
2004
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