The Towers of Silence - Major Themes

Major Themes

The major theme flowing through the four novels of the Raj Quartet is the negative impact that rule of India has on the characters of the English who rule. Such rule over a different people can only be justified by racism, in the author's view, and this racism corrodes the soul.

The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott
Novels
  • The Jewel in the Crown
  • The Day of the Scorpion
  • The Towers of Silence
  • A Division of the Spoils
Other books
  • Staying On
Television series
  • The Jewel in the Crown

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