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River of smoke /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
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.
Description
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.
Item Description:"Originally published in 2011 by John Murray (Publishers), Great Britain"--Title page verso.
Sequel to: Sea of poppies.
Physical Description:522 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780374174231 (hbk.)
0374174237 (hbk.)