The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire by Francesca Cartier Brickell

Luxury-goods connoisseurs are intimately familiar with Cartier jewelry, from its diamond-and-emerald-encrusted panthers to its locking Love bracelets. But much less is known about the three brothers who popularized the French company, which sold the Hope Diamond to a DC socialite and created the tiara Kate Middleton wore at her wedding. Francesca Cartier Brickell, whose great-great-great-grandfather founded the gemstone group in 1847, chronicles its history with color and clarity.