by Hilary Spurling · Random House UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780712650328
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«Paul Scott: A Life» is the biography of British novelist Paul Scott written by Hilary Spurling, published by Random House UK in paperback (438 pages, in English).
Hilary Spurling traces the life of Paul Scott, the English writer who created «The Raj Quartet», the novel sequence that inspired the television series «The Jewel in the Crown». The book covers his family origins, his years of service in India and the Far East during the war, his work as a literary agent, and the writing process of his most celebrated works, also attending to the real people who served as models for some of his characters.
The original edition of this biography was published in 1990 under the title «Paul Scott: A Life of the Author of the Raj Quartet»; this paperback edition appeared in 1991.
A volume aimed at readers interested in twentieth-century English literature and in writers' biographies, particularly those who have read «The Raj Quartet».
