"The Raj Quartet" comprises the three books written by Paul Scott between 1966 and 1975: "The Jewel in the Crown"; "The Day of the Scorpion"; "The Towers of Silence"; and "A Division of the Spoils". For readers like myself who enjoyed E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India" and Doris Lessing's "The Grass is Singing", this quartet is essential reading as it is set in the last days of British India and focuses upon the interrelationship of rulers and ruled. I was delighted that this book, which cost me only £3.32, was a hardback edition published by Heinemann in pristine condition.