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Mar 2023
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La guerra de los diamantes | La fiebre d...

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Es 1869 y se han encontrado diamantes en la Colonia del Cabo.

Ahora, buscadores de diamantes de todo el mundo se dirigen a este remoto enclave británico del sur de África en busca de una brillante fortuna.

Y entre ellos hay dos aspirantes con los ojos bien abiertos: Barney Barnato, procedente de los barrios bajos de Londres, y Cecil Rhodes, hijo de un vicario y con la cabeza llena de ensoñaciones imperialistas.

Cuando la fiebre del diamante se convierte en una ruina, Barnato y Rhodes se lanzan a la conquista de las minas. Pero sólo un hombre puede ganar.

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