Title: The Making of the Jewel in the Crown
Subtitle: Book on the magnificent television series based on Paul Scott's 'Raj Quartet'
Description: It took over four years to translate Paul Scott's four novels, the 'Raj Quartet' into a television series.

Bamber Gasgoigne tells how the cast and the production team prepared for their trip to India and how they fared in the heat of Mysore and the snows of Simla, and after.

James Cameron describes the vivid political background to the end of the British Raj in India.

Ken Taylor give a resume of the story of each of the fourteen episodes.

Also a Who's Who of the cast and full production details.
Subjects: Drama, Jewel in the Crown (Television program), History, Granada Television, India, Television plays
Places: India, Mysore, Simla
People: Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Dance, Saeed Jaffrey, Geraldine James, Rachel Kempson, Rosemary Leach, Art Malik, Zia Mohyeddin, Wendy Morgan, Judy Parfitt, Tim Piggott-Smith, Eric Porter, Susan Wooldridge, Christopher Morahan, Jim O'Brien, Irene Shubik, Ken Taylor
Time periods: 20th Century