The Resource Flood of fire, Amitav Ghosh
Flood of fire, Amitav Ghosh
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 616 pages
- Isbn
- 9780719569005
- Label
- Flood of fire
- Title
- Flood of fire
- Statement of responsibility
- Amitav Ghosh
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueHistorical fiction
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- India -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueSoldiers
- trueSailors
- trueInterpersonal relations
- Opium trade
- Drug traffic -- China -- History -- Fiction
- trueCaste -- India
- Opium trade -- India -- History
- Opium trade -- India
- China -- Fiction | History | Opium War, 1840-1842
- Opium trade -- Fiction
- trueChina
- trueChina -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842
- trueSeafaring life
- trueTravelers
- trueSailing ships
- India -- HIstory -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Opium trade -- History -- Fiction
- true1830s -- 1830 -- 1839
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842 -- Fiction
- trueSchooners
- trueIndia -- History -- 19th century
- Fiction
- Sailing ships -- Indian Ocean -- Fiction
- trueOpium industry and trade
- trueVoyages and travels
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- 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.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10406711
- Cataloging source
- DEBSZ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ghosh, Amitav
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9499.3.G536
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Ghosh, Amitav
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Ibis trilogy
- Series volume
- 3
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Opium trade
- Opium trade
- Soldiers
- Interpersonal relations
- Sailing ships
- Opium trade
- Interpersonal relations
- Soldiers
- Voyages and travels
- Historical fiction
- Opium trade
- Opium trade
- Drug traffic
- Sailing ships
- China
- India
- China
- India
- China
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Flood of fire, Amitav Ghosh
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Control code
- 000054763682
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 616 pages
- Isbn
- 9780719569005
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908987228
- Label
- Flood of fire, Amitav Ghosh
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- cartographic image
- still image
- text
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- cri
- sti
- txt
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000054763682
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 616 pages
- Isbn
- 9780719569005
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908987228
Subject
- true1830s -- 1830 -- 1839
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueCaste -- India
- trueChina
- China -- Fiction | History | Opium War, 1840-1842
- trueChina -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842
- China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842 -- Fiction
- Drug traffic -- China -- History -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- India -- HIstory -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueIndia -- History -- 19th century
- India -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueInterpersonal relations
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueOpium industry and trade
- Opium trade
- Opium trade -- Fiction
- Opium trade -- History -- Fiction
- Opium trade -- India
- Opium trade -- India -- History
- trueSailing ships
- Sailing ships -- Indian Ocean -- Fiction
- trueSailors
- trueSchooners
- trueSeafaring life
- trueSoldiers
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- trueTravelers
- trueVoyages and travels
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
Genre
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