TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ghosh,Amitav
AU  - Ward, Jeffrey L.
TI  - Sea of poppies /  
SN  - 9780719568954 (hbk.)
AV  - PR9499.3.G536  S43 2008b
U1  - FIC G3462 
PY  - 2008///
CY  -  London :  
PB  - John Murray, 
KW  - Social classes
KW  - India
KW  - Fiction.
KW  - Opium trade
KW  -  History
KW  - India --
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Voyages and travels
N1  - 800-899; 808.83
N2  - 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.

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