Name: The Towers of Silence

Author: Paul Scott
Year: 1971
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Genres/categories:
Historical fiction
Culture: India

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ISBNs:
9780226743431
9780380441983
0226743438
0380441985		 India, 1943: In a regimental hill station, the ladies of Pankot struggle to preserve the genteel façade of British society amid the debris of a vanishing empire and World War II. A retired missionary, Barbara Batchelor, bears witness to the connections between many human dramas; the love between Daphne Manner and Hari Kumar; the desperate grief an old teacher feels for an India she cannot rescue; and the cruelty of Captain Ronald Merrick.
This book is part of the "The Raj Quartet" series. Here are some other books from this series:
"The Raj Quartet"
First published in 1976
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"A Division of the Spoils"
First published in 1975
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"The Day of the Scorpion"
First published in 1968
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"The Jewel in the Crown"
First published in 1966
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