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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.
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]
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.
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 ...
As “The Crown” is coming to an end, the cast from the show’s six seasons bid farewell
The disintegration of the Columbia space shuttle on February 1, 2003, was a turning point for the American space program, writes Douglas Brinkley. Seventeen years after the Challenger burned just ...
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