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The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1)

The Jewel in the Crown

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The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1)

The Jewel in the Crown

Penned By Paul Scott
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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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Imprint University of Chicago Press
Released 1966
Identifier (ISBN) 146746
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