One novel on the list:
The Eustace Diamonds, by Anthony TrollopeRead about all ten jewels on Mullan's list.
The priceless jewels of the title come into the possession of the adventuress Lizzie Greystock after the death of her nasty husband, Sir Florian. They do not properly belong to her, but she is determined to keep them. Thieves eventually succeed in taking them, and in the course of the subsequent police investigation, Lizzie is revealed as an inveterate liar and disgraced.
--Marshal Zeringue