Flood of Fire

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Hodder & Stoughton, May 5, 2016 - Fiction - 624 pages
It is 1839 and tension has been mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing.With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. Flood of Fire follows a magical cast of characters caught up in this maelstrom: an East India Company sepoy, an impoverished sailor and his lost love, and a determined widow. - Publishers description.

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About the author (2016)

Born in Calcutta, and spent his childhood in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Northern India. He studied in Delhi, Oxford, and Egypt and taught at various Indian and American universities. Author of a travel book and three acclaimed novels. Ghosh has also written for GRANTA, THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, and THE OBSERVER. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

Bibliographic information

TitleFlood of Fire
Book 3 of The Ibis Trilogy, Amitav Ghosh
AuthorAmitav Ghosh
Editionillustrated
PublisherHodder & Stoughton, 2016
ISBN1473626854, 9781473626850
Length624 pages
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