The Raj Quartet-3, 4 (Everyman's Library) (HB) by Paul Scott

The Raj Quartet-3, 4 (Everyman's Library) (HB) by Paul ScottIn The Day of the Scorpion, Scott draws us deeper in to his epic of India at the close of World War II. With force and subtlety, he recreates both private ambition and perversity, and the politics of an entire subcontinent at a turning point in history. As the scorpian, 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

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A peace machine that will put an end to all wars

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a camel boy of two thousand years ago and his burning desire to improve his lowly position in life

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