Opium
Subtitle: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Published: January 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780756762902
Subjects: Modern - 19th Century; Modern - 20th Century; History; Opium; Opium abuse; Opium trade; History: World
First sentence: Opium: potent evocative, it is a word with the power to intoxicate both speaker and listener, a word that implies languor, mystery and a sort of sinister beauty.