Flood of fire /
Ghosh, Amitav,
Flood of fire / Amitav Ghosh. - London : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2015. - 616 pages : maps ; 24 cm. - Ibis trilogy ; 3 . - Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-, author. Ibis trilogy ; 3. .
It is 1839 and tension has 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. Among them is Kesri Singh, a sepoy in the East India Company who leads a company of Indian sepoys; Zachary Reid, an impoverished young sailor searching for his lost love, and Shireen Modi, a determined widow en route to China to reclaim her opium-trader husband's wealth and reputation. Flood of Fire follows a varied cast of characters from India to China, through the outbreak of the First Opium War and China's devastating defeat, to Britain's seizure of Hong Kong. Flood of Fire is a thrillingly realised and richly populated novel, imbued with a wealth of historical detail, suffused with the magic of place and plotted with verve.
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Opium trade--History--Fiction.
Opium trade--India.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Drug traffic--History--China--Fiction.
Sailing ships--Indian Ocean--Fiction.
India--HIstory--19th century--Fiction.
China--Fiction--History--Opium War, 1840-1842.
India--History--19th century--Fiction.
China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction
Historical fiction.
Historical--Print --Adult fiction
823.92
Flood of fire / Amitav Ghosh. - London : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2015. - 616 pages : maps ; 24 cm. - Ibis trilogy ; 3 . - Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-, author. Ibis trilogy ; 3. .
It is 1839 and tension has 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. Among them is Kesri Singh, a sepoy in the East India Company who leads a company of Indian sepoys; Zachary Reid, an impoverished young sailor searching for his lost love, and Shireen Modi, a determined widow en route to China to reclaim her opium-trader husband's wealth and reputation. Flood of Fire follows a varied cast of characters from India to China, through the outbreak of the First Opium War and China's devastating defeat, to Britain's seizure of Hong Kong. Flood of Fire is a thrillingly realised and richly populated novel, imbued with a wealth of historical detail, suffused with the magic of place and plotted with verve.
9780719569005 0719569001 9780719569012 (paperback)
Opium trade--History--Fiction.
Opium trade--India.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Drug traffic--History--China--Fiction.
Sailing ships--Indian Ocean--Fiction.
India--HIstory--19th century--Fiction.
China--Fiction--History--Opium War, 1840-1842.
India--History--19th century--Fiction.
China--History--Opium War, 1840-1842--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction
Historical fiction.
Historical--Print --Adult fiction
823.92
