The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China by Julia Lovell

The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China

Julia Lovell

458 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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This title tells a story of drugs, distrust, greed and rebellion. 'On the outside, [the foreigners] seem intractable, but inside they are cowardly...Although there have been a few ups-and-downs, the situation as a whole is under control.' In Octob...

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