title: Jewels and Jewelry
author: Clare Phillips
description: England's Victoria and Albert Museum, specializing in the decorative arts, has one of the finest jewelry collections in the world. This oversize volume draws from that collection to celebrate jewelry from the last 500 years, from the Middle Ages to the modern and avant-garde styles. The book is divided into three sections. The first part describes the materials used in jewelry making; the second offers a chronological history of jewelry pieces; and the third covers manufacturing and distribution, including hallmarks. The text is very informative, but, of course, it is the photographs of the jewelry that most capture the reader's attention. Although the paper stock and binding are not of the quality of some coffee-table books on the topic, the photographs are well reproduced, and the range of jewelry shown makes the volume useful both for browsing and as a survey of the field. From medieval religious pieces, including a skeleton in an enameled casket to wire-art jewelry made from oxidized silver, there is something here for everyone to covet. <i>Ilene Cooper</i>
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  Betrayal
  
  
  
  
  
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  Chapter 1
  
  
  
  
  
  Demi McEvoy stared at the young boy who had just walked into the jewellery
  store she worked in. Her father owned a chain of them all around the country.
  He looked suss… Cute kid…
  
  
  
  
  
  “Can I help you?” She asked him when he continued to eye out this very
  expensive ruby necklace… Valuated to be worth millions.
  
  
  
  
  
  “I… It’s my mum’s birthday tomorrow and I was looking to buy her something.”
  He said so adorably. He couldn’t be older than thirteen, fourteen tops.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Oh… How nice… How much are you looking at to spend?” She asked smiling.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Demi we have clients waiting.” The manager called out from the back.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Yeah well I’m with one so how about you come out and serve?” She snapped. She
  hated working here, her father loved to have all the control in the world and
  refused to allow to become a school teacher. She had studied and received her
  degree but he would have no bar of it. He said she belonged with him. Twenty
  two and