Flood of fire : a novel

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Grouping Title	flood of fire
Grouping Author	amitav ghosh
Grouping Category	book
Grouping Language	English (eng)
Last Grouping Update	2024-04-17 10:24:42AM
Last Indexed	2024-04-19 03:11:02AM

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Ghosh, Amitav, 1956-

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Ghosh, Amitav

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East Regional

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Adult Fiction

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East Regional - Adult Fiction
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction
North Regional - Adult Fiction

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"The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to reinstate the trade. Among those consigned is Kesri Singh, a soldier in the army of the East India Company. He makes his way eastward on the Hind, a transport ship that will carry him from Bengal to HongKong. Along the way, many characters from the Ibis Trilogy come aboard, including Zachary Reid, a young American speculator in opium futures, and Shireen, the widow of an opium merchant whose mysterious death in China has compelled her to seek out his lost son. The Hind docks in Hong Kong just as war breaks out and opium "pours into the market like monsoon flood." From Bombay to Calcutta, from naval engagements to the decks of a hospital ship, among embezzlement, profiteering, and espionage, Amitav Ghoshcharts a breathless course through the culminating moment of the British opium trade and vexed colonial history. With all the verve of the first two novels in the trilogy, Flood of Fire completes Ghosh's unprecedented reenvisioning of the nineteenth-century war on drugs. With remarkable historic vision and a vibrant cast of characters, Ghosh brings the Opium Wars to bear on the contemporary moment with the storytelling that has charmed readers around the world"-- "The final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy. It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to reinstate the trade. Among those consigned is Kesri Singh, a soldier in the army of the East India Company. He makes his way eastward on the Hind, a transport ship that will carry him from Bengal to Hong Kong. Along the way, many characters from the Ibis Trilogy come aboard, including Zachary Reid, a young American speculator in opium futures, and Shireen, the widow of an opium merchant whose mysterious death in China has compelled her to seek out his lost son. The Hind docks in Hong Kong just as war breaks out and opium "pours into the market like monsoon flood." From Bombay to Calcutta, from naval engagements to the decks of a hospital ship, among embezzlement, profiteering, and espionage, Amitav Ghosh charts a breathless course through the culminating moment of the British opium trade and vexed colonial history."--

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dc89a430-161f-2fce-33f2-adadedfb93fc

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9780374174248

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-1

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Fiction

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Fiction

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GHOSH

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Wake County Public Libraries

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Eva H. Perry Regional
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9780374174248

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2015

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Ibis trilogy

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Ibis trilogy|3

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Historical fiction
India -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Opium trade -- History -- Fiction
Soldiers -- Fiction
Voyages and travels -- Fiction

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Flood of fire : a novel

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Flood of fire : a novel / Amitav Ghosh

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Flood of fire

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a novel

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History
Opium trade
Soldiers
Voyages and travels

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ils:700677	5593948	Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Fiction	GHOSH	1	false	false	Checked out	EVA
ils:700677	5787314	East Regional - Adult Fiction	GHOSH	1	false	false	On Shelf	ERL
ils:700677	5787311	North Regional - Adult Fiction	GHOSH	1	false	false	Checked out	NOR
ils:700677	5593955	North Regional - Adult Fiction	GHOSH	1	false	false	Item being held	NOR

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Bib Id	Format	Format Category	Edition	Language	Publisher	Publication Date	Physical Description	Abridged
ils:700677	Book	Books	First American edition	English	Farrar, Straus and Giroux	2015	616 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

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