River of smoke
Title:
River of smoke
Author:
Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-
ISBN:
9781848547179
Publication Information:
London : John Murray, 2012
Physical Description:
584 p. ; 18 cm
Abstract:
Amid a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, three vessels, and the diverse occupants within, converge on Canton's Fanqui-Town, or Foreign Enclave, which is a powder keg awaiting a spark to ignite the Opium Wars.
Subject:
| Schooners -- Fiction |
| Voyages and travels -- Fiction |
| Sailors -- Fiction |
| Cyclones -- Fiction |
| Social classes -- India -- Fiction |
| Opium trade -- History -- Fiction |
| India -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Historical fiction |
Summary:
Amid a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, three vessels, and the diverse occupants within, converge on Canton's Fanqui-Town, or Foreign Enclave, which is a powder keg awaiting a spark to ignite the Opium Wars.