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The Day of the Scorpion
• Paul Scott
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Volume two of Scott's rousing, psychologically complex Raj Quartet.
(IDA321, $20.00)
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A Division of Spoils
• Paul Scott
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The final volume in Scott's rousing, psychologically complex Raj Quartet.
(IDA323, $20.00)
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Flashman in the Great Game
• George MacDonald Fraser
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What caused the Sepoy Mutiny, a pivotal moment in the Raj? How about Harry Flashman, the reluctant, much-decorated coward, cad and womanizer at the center of George MacDonald Fraser's wildly entertaining, irreverent series of historical novels.
(CAS120, $15.00)
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The Great Indian Novel
• Shashi Tharoor
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In this widely acclaimed novel, Shashi Tharoor masterfully recasts the 2,000-year-old epic "The Mahabharata" with fictionalized -- but highly recognizable -- events and characters from 20th century Indian politics. Blending history and myth to chronicle the Indian struggle for freedom and independence, Tharoor directs his hilarious satire against not just the bumblings of the British Raj but also Indian foibles and failings.
(IDA562, $14.95)
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Jewel in the Crown
• Paul Scott
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The first book in Scott's addictive Raj Quartet, set in British India in 1942, is a rousing, psychologically complex tale of English colonial rule.
(IDA66, $20.00)
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Maharanis, A Family Saga of Four Queens
• Lucy Moore
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Moore captures the passion, complexities and power of four influential women in this family saga covering the history of India from 1911 to Independence.
(IDA309, $16.00)
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Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, c. 1880-1922
• Chandrika Kaul
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Kaul reveals the manipulative control of the British over the press during their occupation of India at the turn of the 20th century. Between World War I and Gandhi, the Raj underwent massive transformations that were misreported and falsified by the dominating British Empire.
(IDA334, $28.95)
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The Siege of Krishnapur
• J.G. Farrell
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Farrell evokes the folly and hubris of empire in this splendidly detailed Booker Prize-winning tale, set during the bloody revolt of 1857 that set Indian military recruits against the Raj.
(IDA240, $15.95)
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Six Days In Marapore
• Paul Scott
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A vivid novel of British expatriates in India on the eve of Independence, by the author of the Raj Quartet. Originally published in 1953.
(IDA262, $15.00)
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Stones of Empire, The Buildings of the Raj
• Jan Morris
• Simon Winchester
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A new edition of Jan Morris' appreciative social history of Anglo-Indian architecture with a new forward by Simon Winchester. With a fine eye, Morris considers the whole range of Anglo-Indian buildings in this probing account.
(IDA261, $19.95)
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The Towers of Silence
• Paul Scott
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Volume three in Scott's rousing, psychologically complex Raj Quartet.
(IDA322, $20.00)
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