The The French Blue

The French Blue is a sweeping historical epic based on the true events of gem merchant Jean Baptiste Tavernier's six 17th-century voyages to Persia and India. Gemologist Richard Wise's captivating, true story follows Tavernier's adventures---the purchase of the Great Blue Diamond and his grand romance with Madeleine de Goisse, the bastard daughter of a French courtesan and a Persian king.

Now, almost 400 years since his birth, Tavernier's legacy includes the Hope Diamond, the world's most ...