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The Jewel in the Crown (Raj Quartet, Vol 1)
The Jewel in the Crown - Raj Quartet, Vol 1
Author: Paul Scott
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 Par...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226743400
ISBN-10: 0226743403
Publication Date: 5/22/1998
Pages: 472
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
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