Flood of fire / Amitav Ghosh.
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TextPublisher: London : John Murray, 2016Description: 616 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780719569029 (pbk.) :Subject(s): China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Historical. | Historical.DDC classification: 823.9'2 Summary: It is 1839, and tension have been rapidly mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. One of the vessels requisitioned for the attack, the Hind, travels eastwards from Bengal to China, sailing into the midst of the First Opium War. The turbulent voyage brings together a diverse group of travellers, each with their own agenda to pursue.
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Originally published: 2015.
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It is 1839, and tension have been rapidly mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. One of the vessels requisitioned for the attack, the Hind, travels eastwards from Bengal to China, sailing into the midst of the First Opium War. The turbulent voyage brings together a diverse group of travellers, each with their own agenda to pursue.
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