Foreign mud
Auteur :
Collis, Maurice
Éditeur :
Faber & Faber
ISBN :
9780571240852
Date de publication :
29 mai 2008
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,5 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
404 g
Format :
Trade paperback (UK)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This account of the struggle between the British and Chinese in the Opium War in Canton in the 1830s has a vividness that comes from 20 years of experience in the Far East as a civil servant. 'The story of the Opium War does not lend itself to natural composition;