The Towers of Silence - Couverture souple

Scott, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0380718103 ISBN 13 : 9780380718108

Editeur : Avon Books, 1992

Synopsis

Book by Scott Paul

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

As WWII sweeps convulsively into its last bitter stage, the English wives, daughters, mothers and widows of officers embroiled in the ongoing conflict gather in the Indian hill station of Pankot, a microcosm of English society, rigid with the sense of duty and brittle with awareness of class. Meanwhile Captain Merrick and the British military vainly struggle to uphold the myth of British invincibility in the face of irreversible change. And Mabel Layton, doyenne of Pankot society, shaken in her belief in the old order of things, retreats altogether to the tranquillity of her rose garden and her inner vision of India. Once more Scott excels, showign both the humour and pathos of the last of days of the Raj. He is a writer of enormous wit and compassion.

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...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Avon Books
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0380718103
• ISBN 13: 9780380718108
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible