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The Towers Of Silence

Paul Scott author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cornerstone

Published:6th Aug '01

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The third title in Paul Scott's masterpiece, The Raj Quartet, dramatised by Radio 4

It is the last, bitter days of World War II and the British Raj in India is crumbling. But Merrick, though outwardly a consummate professional, is brutal and corrupt, and not even his machinations can stop the change that is swiftly and inevitably approaching, change which is increasingly undermining the old myth of British invincibility...It is the last, bitter days of World War II and the British Raj in India is crumbling. Ensconced in the Indian Hill Station of Pankot are the English wives, mothers, daughters and widows of the officers embroiled in the ongoing conflict. With their old beliefs and assumptions under increasingly virulent attack, all eyes are upon Captain Merrick and the British military to protect them in this troubled time. But Merrick, though outwardly a consummate professional, is brutal and corrupt, and not even his machinations can stop the change that is swiftly and inevitably approaching, change which is increasingly undermining the old myth of British invincibility...

A mighty literary experience * The Times *
Quite simply, monumental * Washington Post *

ISBN: 9780099436164

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 27mm

Weight: 301g

432 pages