by Paul Scott · MANDARIN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749322311
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«The Towers of Silence» is the historical novel by Paul Scott, published by Mandarin in paperback (423 pages, in English).
During the end of the Second World War, the British colony of Pankot reflects the class rigidity and sense of duty of English society. While Captain Merrick attempts to uphold British invincibility, Mabel Layton takes refuge in her rose garden and her vision of India. A chronicle with humor and compassion about the Raj.
Third installment of the series The Raj Quartet. Originally published in 1971; this edition is from 1996.
For readers of historical fiction and classic British narrative.
Paul Mark Scott was an English novelist best known for his tetralogy The Raj Quartet. In the last years of his life, his novel Staying On won the Booker Prize (1977). The series of books was dramatised by Granada Television during the 1980s and won Scott the public and critical acclaim that he had not received during his lifetime.
