01789cam a22003133u 4500 17580 UtSlPG 20260610133418.0 m cr n 260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG nl iso639-1 PQ Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 De Zuidster, het land der diamanten Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2006 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vanished_Diamond Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_S%C3%BCdstern_oder_Das_Land_der_Diamanten Release date is 2006-01-23 Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ "De Zuidster, het land der diamanten" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1884. Set in South Africa's diamond fields, the story follows French mining engineer Victor Cyprien as he attempts to win the hand of Alice Watkins, daughter of a wealthy landowner. When his artificial diamond experiment appears successful, producing a massive 243-carat gem called The Star of the South, Victor's triumph turns to disaster as the diamond mysteriously vanishes during a celebration banquet. A desperate chase across the dangerous Veld ensues to recover the stolen treasure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17580 58966 58966