The internationally bestselling author portrays the great clash of East and West in his new epic: China 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 Emperor will not allow his people to sink into addiction. Viceroy Lin is sent to the epicenter of the opium trade, Canton, to stop it. The Opium Wars begin - heralding a period of bloody military defeats, reparations, and one-side China - Edward Rutherfurd od authora Edward Rutherfurd a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Edward Rutherfurd |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
784 |
| Rok vydání |
2021 |
| Žánr |
beletrie |
| Nakladatelství |
Hodder and Stoughton |
