Ghosh, Amitav
Sea of poppies / Amitav Ghosh ; map by Jeffrey L. Ward - 543 pages ; 21 cm.
The first in an epic trilogy. Sea of Poppies is a remarkably rich saga which has plenty of action and adventure a la Dumas, but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment. At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners onboard., from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan.
9780719568954 (hbk.) 0719568951 (hbk.) 0719568961 (trade pbk.)
2008426454
Social classes --India --Fiction.
Opium trade -- History --Fiction.
India -- --Social conditions --19th century --Fiction
Voyages and travels --Fiction
PR9499.3.G536 / S43 2008b
FIC G3462
Sea of poppies / Amitav Ghosh ; map by Jeffrey L. Ward - 543 pages ; 21 cm.
The first in an epic trilogy. Sea of Poppies is a remarkably rich saga which has plenty of action and adventure a la Dumas, but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment. At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners onboard., from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan.
9780719568954 (hbk.) 0719568951 (hbk.) 0719568961 (trade pbk.)
2008426454
Social classes --India --Fiction.
Opium trade -- History --Fiction.
India -- --Social conditions --19th century --Fiction
Voyages and travels --Fiction
PR9499.3.G536 / S43 2008b
FIC G3462