A review by pearl35
The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott

5.0

I first read this 20 years ago, and like all truly great books, it is an entirely different one reading it at 40. Oddly, while I concentrated on the grand ans sweeping WWII events on first read, now that I know so much more about them, and India and imperialism and the British army, it is the people who have come into sharper focus and I empathize with their flawed decisions.