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The Towers of Silence

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By: Paul Scott;

Language: English

Quality: Good

Genre: Historical fiction,

ISBN: 9780099436164

SKU: BE500786877208

Pages: 434

Description: NOTE : BOOK HAS STAINS DUE TO AGE BUT THE CONTENT IS IN GOOD CONDITION 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...