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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...
| ISBN | 0099436167 | | Weight (grammes) | 306 | | ISBN13 | 9780099436164
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Cornerstone | | Series title | The Raj quartet | | Imprint | Arrow Books Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780749322311 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 06 Aug 2001 | | Width (mm) | 126 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Spine width (mm) | 27 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 432 | |
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