The Towers Of Silence - Couverture souple

Scott, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099436167 ISBN 13 : 9780099436164

Editeur : Arrow, 2001

Synopsis

It is the last, bitter days of World War II and the British Raj in India is crumbling. Ensconced in the Indian Hill Station of Pankot are the English wives, mothers, daughters and widows of the officers embroiled in the ongoing conflict. All eyes are upon Captain Merrick and the British military to protect them in this troubled time.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It is the last, bitter days of World War II and the British Raj in India is crumbling. Ensconced in the Indian Hill Station of Pankot are the English wives, mothers, daughters and widows of the officers embroiled in the ongoing conflict. With their old beliefs and assumptions under increasingly virulent attack, all eyes are upon Captain Merrick and the British military to protect them in this troubled time. 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...

Biographie de l'auteur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0099436167
• ISBN 13: 9780099436164
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432