The Worlds Most Beautiful Eggs The Genius of Carl Faberge

Stephen Smith explores the extraordinary life and work of the virtuoso jeweller Carl Faberge He talks to HRH Prince Michael of Kent about Faberge items in the Royal Collection and to Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg who spent 100 million acquiring nine exquisite Faberge eggs The bejewelled trinkets Faberge made for the last tsars of Russia in the twilight of their rule have become some of the most soughtafter treasures in the world sometimes worth millions Smith follows in Faberges footsteps from the legendary Green Vaults in Dresden to the palaces of the tsars and the corridors of the Kremlin museum as he discovers how this fin de siecle genius transformed his fathers modest business into the worlds most famous supplier of luxury items