Ibis trilogy
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Ibis trilogy volume 1
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English
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The "Ibis," embarks on a journey from Calcutta with a diverse crew of sailors ; which includes a bankrupt raja, a widowed tribeswoman, a Mulatto American freedman, and a French orphan ; to the poppy fields in Ganges, to China's nineteenth century Opium War.
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Ibis trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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In Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies, the Ibis began its treacherous journey across the Indian Ocean, bound for the cane fields of Mauritius with a cargo of indentured servants. Now, in River of Smoke, the former slave ship flounders in the Bay of Bengal, caught in the midst of a deadly cyclone. The storm also threatens the clipper ship Anahita, groaning with the largest consignment of opium ever to leave India for Canton. Meanwhile, the Redruth, a nursery...
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Ibis trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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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,...