The Rajah’s Diamond

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Black Cat, 2007. — 98 p.The Rajah’s Diamond, the most precious diamond in the world, seems to bring bad luck on everyone who comes into contact with it. The diamond is the property of a certain Sir Thomas Vandeleur, but Sir Thomas’s wife tries to sell it to pay her debts. But the diamond is stolen and then falls into the hands of various people, who are all corrupted by its great beauty and value. Follow the diamond as it travels from London to Edinburgh to Paris and find out what happens to it.Wide range of activities practising the four skills PET-style activities Trinity-style activities (Grades 4/5)Dossiers: The Hope Diamond, The Thousand and One Nights, Gentlemen's Clubs and The Empire Strikes Back. Internet project Story recorded in full Exit test w ith answer keyThe Reading & Training series consists of beautifully illustrated graded readers, aimed at teenagers and adults. The majority of the books are adapted classics, but there are also some original stories – especially at lower levels – and the occasional nonfiction reader. The readers are graded into six levels according to internationally recognised criteria for structural grading.Features:introduction about the author and his/her timeswide variety of motivating activitiesactivities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity examsfascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the texta recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activitiesextensive vocabulary footnotesexit testsguided Internet projectsanswer key and exit test downloadable free from the website.