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An edition of River of smoke (2011)

River of smoke

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In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did the same storm upend the fortunes of those aboard the Anahita, an opium carrier heading towards Canton? And what fate befell those aboard the Redruth, a sturdy two-masted brig heading East out of Cornwall? Was it the storm that altered their course or were the destinies of these passengers at the mercy of even more powerful forces? On the grand scale of an historical epic, River of Smoke follows its storm-tossed characters to the crowded harbors of China. There, despite efforts of the emperor to stop them, ships from Europe and India exchange their cargoes of opium for boxes of tea, silk, porcelain and silver. Among them are Bahram Modi, a wealthy Parsi opium merchant out of Bombay, his estranged half-Chinese son Ah Fatt, the orphaned Paulette and a motley collection of others whose pursuit of romance, riches and a legendary rare flower have thrown together. All struggle to cope with their losses - and for some, unimaginable freedoms - in the alleys and crowded waterways of 19th century Canton.

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Cover of: River of smoke
River of smoke
2012, John Murray, John Murray Publishers
Paperback
Cover of: River Of Smoke Vol 2 of the Ibis Trilogy
River Of Smoke Vol 2 of the Ibis Trilogy
2012-01-01, Penguin Books
Cover of: River of Smoke
River of Smoke
Jun 01, 2011, John Murray Publishers
hardcover
Cover of: River of smoke
River of smoke
2011, Hamish Hamilton
Cover of: River of smoke
River of smoke
2011, Viking Canada
in English
Cover of: River of smoke
River of smoke
2011, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st American ed.

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OL25426938M
ISBN 13
9780670082155

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