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| 008 | 160204s2015 nyub 000 1 eng | ||
| 020 | _a9780374174248 (hardcover) | ||
| 020 | _z9781429944281 (ebook) | ||
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_a823.914 _223 |
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_aGhosh, Amitav, _d1956- |
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_aFlood of fire : _ba novel / _cAmitav Ghosh. |
| 250 | _aFirst American edition. | ||
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_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c2015. |
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_a616 pages : _bmaps ; _c24 cm. |
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_atext _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _2rdacarrier |
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_aIbis trilogy ; _v3 |
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| 500 | _aPrevious titles in trilogy: Sea of poppies - River of smoke. | ||
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_a"The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to reinstate the trade. Among those consigned is Kesri Singh, a soldier in the army of the East India Company. He makes his way eastward on the Hind, a transport ship that will carry him from Bengal to Hong Kong. Along the way, many characters from the Ibis Trilogy come aboard, including Zachary Reid, a young American speculator in opium futures, and Shireen, the widow of an opium merchant whose mysterious death in China has compelled her to seek out his lost son. The Hind docks in Hong Kong just as war breaks out and opium "pours into the market like monsoon flood." From Bombay to Calcutta, from naval engagements to the decks of a hospital ship, among embezzlement, profiteering, and espionage, Amitav Ghosh charts a breathless course through the culminating moment of the British opium trade and vexed colonial history. With all the verve of the first two novels in the trilogy, Flood of Fire completes Ghosh's unprecedented reenvisioning of the nineteenth-century war on drugs. With remarkable historic vision and a vibrant cast of characters, Ghosh brings the Opium Wars to bear on the contemporary moment with the storytelling that has charmed readers around the world"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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_aSoldiers _vFiction. |
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_aVoyages and travels _vFiction. |
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_aOpium trade _xHistory _vFiction. |
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_aIndia _xHIstory _y19th century _vFiction. |
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_aFICTION / Literary. _2bisacsh |
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_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd |
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