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The Crown: The official book of the hit Netflix series

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This is the story of a rape, of the events that led up to it and followed it and of the place in which it happened. There are the action, the people, and the place; all of which are interrelated but in their totality incommunicable in isolation from the moral continuum of human affairs.”

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Under the direction of Wartels, [4] Alan Mirken, [11] Joseph Reiner [12] and others, Crown Books became one of the Outlet Book Company's lead imprints for original publishing which included such landmark fiction and non-fiction as Judith Krantz's Princess Daisy, Jean M. Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear and Alex Comfort's The Joy of Sex in its early high-profile years. Perhaps this is why Mayapore had got bigger but made me smaller, because my association with Hari--the one thing that was beginning to make me feel like a person again--was hedged about, restricted, pressed in on until only by making yourself tiny could you squeeze into it and stand, imprisoned but free, diminished by everything that loomed from outside, but not diminished from the inside; and that was the point, that’s why I speak of joy.

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It’s very difficult to put into words the depth and feeling in this novel. The scope is far-reaching and the relationships are complex, and I found it extremely absorbing. At times I found the writing a bit heavy-handed, in particular when Scott delved into more detailed military and political history; therefore I can’t quite give this 5 stars. There were several scenes that left me speechless – their intensity being so moving. There is no denying the masterful writing of this author and I intend to read the entire Raj quartet eventually. Recommended to those that enjoy classic and historical fiction, multiple viewpoints, and complex narratives. 4 stars. The book quotes a letter from a young Elizabeth to her parents: “Darling Mummy, I don’t know where to begin this letter, or what to say, but I know I must write it somehow because I feel so much about it … I think I’ve got the best mother and father in the world, and I only hope that I can bring up my children in the happy atmosphere of love and fairness which Margaret and I have grown up in.” Reading this, I had to wonder how things went so wrong with the Queen’s children, all four of whom have seemed to struggle with life and relationships to some degree or other. And Elizabeth and Philip have never been known as nurturing parents. The book details the history of Windsor family as well as the presentation in the television series. I don’t think they took too many liberties and it gives insight into the royal families actual lives. Seeing them as almost ordinary people, the relationships, scandal, obligations, dealings with the press and acceptance of a duty bound life. Except Edward of course, he said the hell with the obligation and married the woman he loved. The Jewel in the Crown is abstruse, convoluted, and complicated, which is just how the British left India. Racism is slammed in the reader’s face, sharply defining that strange bird known as white superiority. Additionally, the dissection of British/Indian/male/female Muslim/Hindu segregation and it’s subtleties is powerful.

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She had devoted her life, in a practical and unimportant way, trying to prove that fear was evil because it promoted prejudice, that courage was good because it was a sign of selflessness, that ignorance was bad because fear sprang from it, that knowledge was good because the more you knew of the world's complexity the more clearly you saw the insignificance of the part you played."

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