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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	August 2001
Genre:	Romane, Erzählungen, Gedichte
	FICTION / War & Military / India / Modern and contemporary fiction / Narrative theme# Death, grief, loss / Narrative theme# Social issues / War, combat and military adventure fiction
ISBN:	9780099436164
EAN-Code:	9780099436164
Verlag:	Random House Uk
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 198 mm / B 129 mm / D 27 mm
Gewicht:	298 gr
Seiten:	432
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Inhalt:

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...