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River of smoke

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

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Main Author:	Ghosh, Amitav (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London John Murray 2011
Subjects:	Schooners > Fiction Voyages and travels > Fiction Sailors > Fiction Cyclones > Fiction Social classes > India > Fiction Opium trade > History > Fiction India > Social conditions > 19th century > Fiction
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