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019535
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London, Hamish Hamilton, 2015.
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616pRed spine
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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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9780670082162 Hb.
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| I01643 | 823.914/GHO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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011038
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London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2006.
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48pRed Spine
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Kingfisher history encyclopedia
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A period during which the world map changed greatly - new nations were formed and some were unified. Railways, telegraph wires and steamships made the world suddenly smaller. New cities such as New York, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, Bombay and Shanghai became centres in a new global order.
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The world at a glance
Industrial revolution
Texas and Mexico
South Africa
The Opium wars
Year of revolution
New Zealand
The Crimean war
Japan
American Civil War
The end of the Civil War
Canada
Italy
Germany
Scramble for Africa
Ireland
Southeast Asia
The British empire
USA: The plain wars
The boxer rebellion
Suffrage
Australia
The Balkan wars
The Arts
Architecture
Science and technology
Index
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9780753409756 Pb.
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| 011223 | 909.81/HOL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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