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A review by drjoannehill
Un déluge de feu by Amitav Ghosh
3.0
Took a long time to read this. Would have been better to read all three of the trilogy one after the other, because I forgot most of what happened in the previous two. This one didn't feel as powerful as the first two and I found I didn't care so much about many of the characters. It is more a history of the Opium War and the take over of Hong Kong by Britain, than a story about the characters.
It's important to read about the development of the British Empire and the treatment of people around the world - the hypocrisy of the discourse of 'free trade' is made clear here as it is the British navy that is behind the defeat of China and the forcing of British / Indian opium on the people. I'll add the good quote on this when I find it again!
It's important to read about the development of the British Empire and the treatment of people around the world - the hypocrisy of the discourse of 'free trade' is made clear here as it is the British navy that is behind the defeat of China and the forcing of British / Indian opium on the people. I'll add the good quote on this when I find it again!