The Raj Quartet, Volume 1: The Jewel in the Crown

The Raj Quartet, Volume 1: The Jewel in the Crown - Paperback

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The Raj Quartet, Volume 1: The Jewel in the Crown - Paperback

The Raj Quartet, Volume 1: The Jewel in the Crown - Paperback

by Paul Scott
$23.00
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Book Overview

The first volume of Paul Scott's classic account of the last days of British rule in India

No set of novels so richly recreates the last days of India under British rule-"two nations locked in an imperial embrace"-as Paul Scott's historical tour de force, The Raj Quartet. The Jewel in the Crown opens in 1942 as the British fear both Japanese invasion and Indian demands for independence. On the night after the Indian Congress Party votes to support Ghandi, riots break out and an ambitious police sergeant arrests a young Indian for the alleged rape of the woman they both love.
ISBN9780226743400
Author Paul Scott
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 1998
LanguageENG- English
Pages472
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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