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784 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781444787801
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date: 13 May 2021
Description
China in the nineteenth century: a proud and ancient empire forbidden to foreigners. The West desires Chinese tea above all other things but lacks the silver to buy it. Instead, western adventurers resort to smuggling opium in exchange.The Qing Em...
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784 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781444787801
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date: 13 May 2021
Description
China in the nineteenth century: a proud and ancient empire forbidden to foreigners. The West desires Chinese tea above all other things but lacks the silver to buy it. Instead, western adventurers resort to smuggling opium in exchange.The Qing Em...