In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of …
Description
In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did the same storm upend the fortunes of those aboard the Anahita, an opium carrier heading towards Canton? And what fate befell those aboard the Redruth, a sturdy two-masted brig heading East out of Cornwall? Was it the storm that altered their course or were the destinies of these passengers at the mercy of even more powerful forces? On the grand scale of an historical epic, River of Smoke follows its storm-tossed characters to the crowded harbors of China. There, despite efforts of the emperor to stop them, ships from Europe and India exchange their cargoes of opium for boxes of tea, silk, porcelain and silver. Among them are Bahram Modi, a wealthy Parsi opium merchant out of Bombay, his estranged half-Chinese son Ah Fatt, the orphaned Paulette and a motley collection of others whose pursuit of romance, riches and a legendary rare flower have thrown together. All struggle to cope with their losses - and for some, unimaginable freedoms - in the alleys and crowded waterways of 19th century Canton.
External links
OpenLibraryEditions of River of smoke
Filters
River of Smoke
Hardcover, 480 pages
English language
Published by John Murray Publishers.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7195-6898-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 744466204
River of Smoke
Paperback, 521 pages
Published by Picador USA, Picador Paper.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-250-01375-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 773667495
River of smoke
522 pages
English language
Published 2011 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-374-17423-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 706020980
River of smoke
Paperback, 580 pages
Published 2012 by John Murray, John Murray Publishers.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7195-6889-3Copied ISBN!
River of smoke
522 pages
English language
Published 2011 by Viking Canada.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-670-06665-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 741399609
En flod av rök
Hardcover, 507 pages
Swedish language
Published 2022 by Palaver Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-91-985659-6-6Copied ISBN!
Der rauchblaue Fluss
taschenbuch, 719 pages
German language
Published May 2014 by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-453-40595-0Copied ISBN!
River Of Smoke Vol 2 of the Ibis Trilogy
Published Jan. 1, 2012 by Penguin Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-341913-6Copied ISBN!
River of Smoke
528 pages
English language
Published 2011 by Hodder & Stoughton.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7195-6899-2Copied ISBN!
River of Smoke
300 pages
English language
Published 2011 by Hodder & Stoughton.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84854-517-5Copied ISBN!
River of Smoke
English language
Published 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84854-717-9Copied ISBN!
Can't find the edition you're looking for?