Sea of poppies /

Ghosh, Amitav.

Sea of poppies / Amitav Ghosh. - London : John Murray, 2009. - 533 p. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: 2008.

The background to this historical adventure is the Opium Wars. The story revolves around the Ibis, an old slaving-ship voyaging across the Indian Ocean, its crew made up of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts, representing Westerners and Indians respectively. Slowly they start considering themselves as ship-brothers.

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Slave trade--History--19th century--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

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