The Towers of Silence

The Towers of Silence
First edition (UK)
AuthorPaul Scott
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherHeinemann (UK)
William Morrow (US)
Publication date
October 1971
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages392 pp (hardback edition)
ISBN0-434-68110-5 (hardback edition)
OCLC281509
823/.9/14
LC ClassPZ4.S428 To PR6069.C596
Preceded byThe Day of the Scorpion 
Followed byA Division of the Spoils 

The Towers of Silence is the 1971 novel by Paul Scott that continues his Raj Quartet. It gets its title from the Parsi Towers of Silence where the bodies of the dead are left to be picked clean by vultures. The novel is set in the British Raj of 1940s India. It follows on from the storyline in The Day of the Scorpion.


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