A review by dannmaloney816
The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott

4.0

Really wonderful epistolary novel about British India during the political troubles of the 1940s. Scott manages to show both the beauty of the era while criticizing everyone. He’s best at dropping hints of future events that force you to read on in this very long novel to see how that hinted event actually transpires. It’s tragic and at times poetic. Overall, very good particularly if one is interested in Colonial British narratives.