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Ibis Trilogy Amitav Ghosh Collection 3 Books Set (Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, Flood of Fire)
By Amitav Ghosh
Ibis Trilogy Amitav Ghosh Collection 3 Books Set (Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, Flood of Fire)
By Amitav Ghosh
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Ibis Trilogy Amitav Ghosh Collection 3 Books Set (Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, Flood of Fire):
Sea of Poppies:
'Sea of Poppies boasts a varied collection of characters to love and hate, and provides wonderfully detailed descriptions . . . utterly involving and piles on tension until the very last page' Sunday Times At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, the Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts.
River of Smoke:
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?
Flood of Fire:
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;
Product details
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Languages:
- Published: English
- Publisher:
- John Murray
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Weight:
- 1250 g
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