The Raj Quartet #1: The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott

The Raj Quartet #1

The Jewel in the Crown

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.

472 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

Original title 

The Jewel in the Crown

Series 

The Raj Quartet (#1)

Setting 

India

Characters 

Daphne Manners, Hari Kumar, Edwina Crane, Lili Chatterjee, Ronald Merrick

Format 

472 pages, Paperback

Published 

May 22, 1998 by University of Chicago Press

ISBN 

9780226743400 (ISBN10: 0226743403)

ASIN 

0226743403

Language 

English