The Raj Quartet - Paul Scott
Category: Classic
Narrator: Richard Brown
Tags: Classic, Historical Fiction, Adults
The Jewel in the Crown The Raj Quartet, Book 1 Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Release date: 1991/2010 Duration: 22:41:28, Here is a set of the 4 novels, which comprise The Raj Quartet, all of which are set in India between 1942 and 1947., The first volume in Paul Scotts historical quartet opens in 1942 as the British fear both Japanese invasion and Indian demands for self-rule., Daphne Manners, an unsophisticated British woman and daughter of the provincial governor, visiting Mayapore, falls in love with Hari Kumar, a complex, young Indian who has been educated in England. Inexorably the two lovers are caught up in the social upheaval sweeping India at the end of British ruleuntil they are parted forever after the fatal confrontation in the Bibighar Gardens. . Kumar will soon be arrested for her alleged rape., Since the author is saying that their tragedy is as much about India as it is about them, he tells the story in the words of seven diverse characters invo
