num_pages: 470
description: The story of the rape of a white girl in India in 1942 which tells of racial prejudice and misunderstanding
language: English
title: The Jewel in the Crown
titlecomplete: The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, #1)
characters: Edwina Crane, Lili Chatterjee, Ronald Merrick, Hari Kumar, Daphne Manners
genres: Fiction, Historical, Asia, British Literature, India, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 5817
places: India
series: The Raj Quartet
publisher: Avon Books