The Diamond Magnates by Brian RobertsMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I had to stop midway through the book in a really long time. This was not what I expected. The title of the book conjures up images of diamond barons (De Beers, Oppenheimers et al) and their detailed history as to how they came to establish billion dollar businesses. But here the author gives a detailed history of early diamond merchants namely three of them J B Robinson, Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato (nope, never heard of them) who were prominent South African figures in the late 1800s and early 1900s and how they had established their businesses through sheer hard work and determination. While the author's research efforts are definitely good, I am really not interested if the content and expectations do not match.
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