A Division of Spoils (Repr of 1975 Ed) (Raj Quartet/Paul Scott, 4) (Phoenix Fiction)
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ISBN: 0226743446 / Publisher: University of Chicago Press, May 1998
Reprint of the 1975 edition which is cited in BCL3 as part of the Raj Quartet . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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After exploiting India's divisions for years, the British depart in such haste that no one is prepared for the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1947. The twilight of the raj turns bloody. Against the backdrop of the violent partition of India and Pakistan, A Division of the Spoils illuminates one last bittersweet romance, revealing the divided loyalties of the British as they flee, retreat from, or cling to India.
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