Book Cover The Jewel in the Crown

The Jewel in the Crown

of Paul Scott

Series: The Raj Quartet #1

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Description

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.

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Fiction Historical Fiction Fiction India Classics Historical Literature British Literature Asia 20th Century Novels

Main Characters

Daphne Manners Hari Kumar Edwina Crane Lili Chatterjee Ronald Merrick

Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 472 pages
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press
  • Publication Date May 22nd 1998
  • First Publication 10/28/66
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780226743400
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Other
  • Scenario ['India']

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