The Towers Of Silence
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Towers Of Silence
By (Author) Paul Scott
Cornerstone
Arrow Books Ltd
15th September 2001
6th August 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
War, combat and military adventure fiction
Narrative theme: Social issues
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
432
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 27mm
301g
Description
The third title in Paul Scott's masterpiece, The Raj Quartet, dramatised by Radio 4 It is the last, bitter days of World War II and the British Raj in India is crumbling. Ensconced in the Indian Hill Station of Pankot are the English wives, mothers, daughters and widows of the officers embroiled in the ongoing conflict. With their old beliefs and assumptions under increasingly virulent attack, all eyes are upon Captain Merrick and the British military to protect them in this troubled time. But Merrick, though outwardly a consummate professional, is brutal and corrupt, and not even his machinations can stop the change that is swiftly and inevitably approaching, change which is increasingly undermining the old myth of British invincibility...
Reviews
A mighty literary experience * The Times *
Quite simply, monumental * Washington Post *
Author Bio
Paul Scott was born in London in 1920. He served in the army from 1940 to 1946, mainly in India and Malaya. He is the author of thirteen distinguished novels including his famous The Raj Quartet. In 1977, Staying On won the Booker Prize. Paul Scott died in 1978.
