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Scott, Paul: Raj Quartet, The (4 Book Set)
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Here is a set of the 4 novels which comprise The Raj Quartet, all of which are set in India between 1942 and 1947.
1) The Jewel in the Crown
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.
2) The Day of the Scorpion
As the scorpion, encircled by a ring of fire, will sting itself to death, so does the British raj hasten its own destruction when threatened by the flames of Indian independence. Brutal repression and imprisonment of India's leaders cannot still the cry for home rule. And in the midst of chaos, the English Laytons withdraw from a world they no longer know to seek solace in denial, drink, and madness.
3) The Towers of Silence
4) A Division of the Spoils
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