Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond is a 2017 book on the Koh-i-Noor diamond written by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. The gem is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing , and part of the British Crown Jewels. Koh-i-Noor is Persian for "Mountain of Light"; it has been known by this name since the 18th century. It changed hands between various factions in modern-day India, Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, until being ceded to Queen Victoria after the British conquest of the Punjab in 1849.
Jewels in the Crown appears in publications all over the world, including the Sunday Times, Motor Trader, Car & Driver and Overdrive. Ray is the honorary president of the international Car of the Year Jury and vice president of the UK Guild of Motoring Trophy, awarded by the Guild of Motoring Writers, and, on two occasions, the Bentley International Award. Jewels in the Crown Jewels In The Crown is a non-fiction book by English author Ray Hutton. The work explores Jaguar's early success under William Lyons, the man behind the creation of the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922 (Jaguar's predecessor), and Jaguar's struggles following