My precious?

摘要

Would women through history have been so keen on the pearls around their necks if they'd known what was inside? Robert Dunn peels back the layers of this ecomiracle to reveal a fortune built around dead worms. Cleopatra once made a bet with Marc Antony that she could oichestrate the dearest dinner in history. Marc Antony accepted with a nod and then watched as Cleopatra proceeded to crush oneof her pearl earrings into her drink and imbibe. Dear indeed. Marc Antony declined the other earring and granted Cleopatia the victory. Marc Antony could neither imagine nor stomach a more expensive meal than a single milky pearl.