River of smoke
By: Amitav Ghosh
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780374174231
Subjects: Opium trade; Cyclones; Sailors; Social classes; Voyages and travels; Schooners; Social conditions; Fiction; History
Description: Amid a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, three vessels, and the diverse occupants within, converge on Canton's Fanqui-Town, or Foreign Enclave, which is a powder keg awaiting a spark to ignite the Opium Wars.
Notes: "Originally published in 2011 by John Murray (Publishers), Great Britain"--T.p. verso.

Sequel to: Sea of poppies.