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Paul Scott
Full Series List in Order
The Raj Quartet
1 - Jewel in the Crown (1966)2 - The Day of the Scorpion (1968)
3 - The Towers of Silence (1971)
4 - A Division of the Spoils (1975)
4 - A Division of Spoils (Oct-2012)
Book List in Order: 20 titles
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Jewel in the Crown
- 1966
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The first novel in the epic quartet about the last days of British rule in India, “as much a story of romantic love as it is of crime . . . an artful triumph” (The New Yorker).The Jewel in the Crown is the first of Paul Scott’s r...
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The Day of the Scorpion
- 1968
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Second in the epic quartet capturing life at the end of British rule in India, “an achievement of unusual dimensions and power” (The Observer (UK)).In The Day of the Scorpion, Scott draws us deeper in to his epic of India at the close of World Wa...
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The Towers of Silence
- 1971
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Third in the epic quartet about the end of the Raj: “Scott throws us into India, wretched and beautiful . . . His contribution to literature is permanent.” -- The New York Times Book ReviewIndia, 1943: In a regimental hill station...
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A Division of the Spoils
- 1975
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The great war is over, and India--the jewel in the British crown--has been deemed worthless: a bauble to be tossed to the winds. A colonial policeman corrupted by ambition, power, and hatred goes to shocking extremes of cruelty to perpetuate a disapp...
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Staying on
- Jul-1977
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In this sequel to The Raj Quartet, Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley stay on in the hills of Pankot after Indian independence deprives them of their colonial status. Finally fed up with accommodating her husband, Lucy claims a degree of independence he...
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The Mark of the Warrior
- Oct-1985
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In 1942, defeat aroused the British government and the British survivors of Burma to start their own training schools in India, where the cadets learned the reflexive instinct to fight, kill and survive...
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The Birds of Paradise
- Aug-1986
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From the author of The Raj Quartet, a coming-of-age tale about a boy and his childhood friendships with a British diplomat’s daughter and the son of a Raj.The Birds of Paradise is set in India when the British Raj still seemed a paradise, but a par...
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Six Days in Marapore
- Apr-2005
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In this swiftly paced and lyrical novel about British expatriates at the time of Indian independence, Paul Scott grapples with the themes of race, possession, and history that dominate all four novels of his masterpiece, The Raj Quartet, especially T...
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A Division of Spoils
- Oct-2012
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The conclusion of the “majestic” quartet about the waning days of the British empire in India, “a commanding achievement” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).After exploiting India’s divisions for years, the British are departing in such haste...
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The Chinese Love Pavilion
- Aug-2013
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Paul Scott is most famous for his much-beloved tetralogy The Raj Quartet, an epic that chronicles the end of the British rule in India with a cast of vividly and memorably drawn characters. Inspired by Scott’s own time spent in India and Malaya dur...
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Award-Winning Books by Paul Scott
1977 Man Booker Prize -- Novel
