Jewel in the Crown: A Novel (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) - Tapa dura
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The first volume of the Raj Quartet paints a richly textured portrait of love, hate, dreams, and tragedy in 1942 India as violent upheaval undermines an entire society
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- EditorialG K Hall & Co
- Año de publicación1985
- ISBN 10 0816138443
- ISBN 13 9780816138449
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The Jewel in the Crown: Volume I of The Raj Quartet
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G.K. Hall & Co, 1966
(1985)
ISBN 10: 0816138443
ISBN 13: 9780816138449
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Descripción Hardcover_cloth. Condición: VeryGood. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Al Phillips Ilustrador. 1st Edition Thus. 6.25"x9.5" 729 pgs. X-library w/graphics. Beautiful blue cloth boards, gold foil letters on spine. Printed in 16pt Times New Roman. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. No set of novels so richly recreates the last days of India under British ruleâ""two nations locked in an imperial embrace"â"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 sargeant arrests a young Indian for the alleged rape of the woman they both love. Source: Publisher The Jewel in the Crown is a 1966 novel by Paul Scott that begins his Raj Quartet. The four-volume novel sequence of the Quartet is set during the final days of the British Raj in India during the Second World War. Wikipedia. Nº de ref. del artículo: 14354
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