The Towers of Silence

Informationen zum Autor Paul Scott was born in London in 1920. He served in the army from 1940 to 1946, mainly in India and Malaya. He is the author of thirteen distinguished novels including his famous The Raj Quartet. In 1977, Staying On won the Booker Prize. Paul Scott died in 1978. Klappentext 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... Zusammenfassung 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...

Product details

• Authors: Paul Scott, Scott Paul
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.08.2001
• EAN: 9780099436164
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943616-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, India, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Modern and contemporary fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction