num_pages: 1950
description: Four novels covering the period between the Quit India riots of 1942 and the massacres that accompanied independence and partition in 1947 provide insight into the closing years of British rule in India
language: English
title: The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown/the Day of the Scorpion/the Towers of Silence/a Division of the Spoils
titlecomplete: The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown/the Day of the Scorpion/the Towers of Silence/a Division of the Spoils
characters: Hari Kumar, Ronald Merrick, Daphne Manners
genres: Historical, Literature, Audiobook, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, India, Asia, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1008
series: The Raj Quartet
publisher: William Morrow & Co