The Jewel in the Crown
The Jewel in the Crown World War II has shown that the British are not invincible and the self-rule lobby is gaining supporters. Against this background, Daphne Manners, an English girl, is raped. The racism, brutality and hatred launched upon the head of her Indian lover echo the violence...
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The Jewel in the Crown World War II has shown that the British are not invincible and the self-rule lobby is gaining supporters. Against this background, Daphne Manners, an English girl, is raped. The racism, brutality and hatred launched upon the head of her Indian lover echo the violence perpetrated on Daphne and reveal the desperate state of Anglo-Indian relations. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099439967 (0099439964)
Publish date: April 7th 2005
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Series: The Raj Quartet (#1)
India is The Jewel in the Crown. It signified the Crown's most precious dominion of the Victorian era - its control, forced conformity, "civilizing" and exploitation of India. Missionary Edwina Crane's semiallegorical picture titled "The Jewel in Her Crown" In 1942, the end of Em...
well, this book is intense.with the colonial backdrop,this book harbours a love story.this book is all about daphne and hari.although the protagonist arrives late in the story,the way in which story builds is fabulous.there are lots of character in this story and every one is described in detail....
“English is the language of a people who have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.” Whenever I run into someone...
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this is the most awesome novel which I have read about British India. The story is gripping: the language poetic ("the indigo dreams of flowers fallen asleep", to recall a phrase which lingers in the memory): and the characterisation near flawless. Even ...
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