Following the Amber Route from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, C.J. Schüler charts the origins of amber, the myths and legends that have grown around it, and the dazzling artefacts crafted from it and traded along the way.
Amber has long been a desirable commodity, surrounded by legend and used to create dazzling artifacts. Fascinated, Schüler follows the historic Amber Route from St Petersburg to Venice through three millennia of history.