An Englishwoman is ****** by a group of thugs on her way to a tryst with her Indian lover, and another woman--a missionary and teacher--is attacked and harassed. The reactions to these crimes by the various segments of Indian society--the military, the courts, royalty, and Anglo bureaucrats--provide a brilliant panorama of Indian life in the closing days of the British raj. This is the first novel in Scott's magisterial series known as the "Raj Quartet".
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Love + Relationships + Sex, Classics, Conflicts + Dualities, Legal + Courtroom + Crime, Religion + Beliefs, General, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Society + Social Issues, Peoples + Cultures, Politics, Human Qualities + Behavior
- Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
- Pages: 462
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: May 1, 1998
- Date Published: May 1, 1998
- Author: Paul Scott