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The novel is written in the form of interviews and reports of conversations or research and other portions are in the form of letters (epistolary form) or diary entries. The novel focuses on the triangle of an English woman, an Indian man, and a British police superintendent, setting up the events of subsequent novels in the series.
Another large city in the province is Mayapore, which was the key setting in The Jewel in the Crown. The princely state of Mirat is a nominally sovereign enclave within the province. Pankot is a "second class" hill station in the province which serves as a headquarters for the 1st Pankot Rifles, an important regiment of the Indian Army, who ...
The Jewel in the Crown is a 1984 British television serial about the final days of the British Raj in India during and after World War II, based on British author Paul Scott's Raj Quartet novels. Granada Television produced the series for the ITV network.
Distracted by tabloid drama and ageist in their construction, the final seasons of 'The Crown' turned Netflix's most acclaimed series into a rehash of scandal and tragedy.
The Jewel in the Crown, a 1966 novel by Paul Scott; The Jewel in the Crown, a 1984 television series based on the Paul Scott novel; Jewel in the Crown, a 1995 album by Fairport Convention; Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen, a 2007 Aretha Franklin album
The Crown may have fallen a little too deeply into the trap of pitting them against each other, just as Thatcher (Gillian Anderson), Britain’s first female prime minister, said the press at the ...
The royal family's story has nearly come to an end.
The Raj Quartet is set in this tumultuous background for the British soldiers and civilians stationed in India who have a duty to manage this part of the British Empire, known as the "jewel in the crown" of the British monarch. One recurrent theme is the moral certainty of the older generation as contrasted with the anomie of the younger. [2]