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Literatura obcojęzyczna
Hodder And Stoughton
China
Wydawnictwo:
Hodder And Stoughton
Oprawa: Miękka
Opis
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 epicentre of the opium trade, Canton, to stop
it. The Opium Wars begin - heralding a period of bloody military
defeats, reparations, and one-sided treaties which will become known as
the Century of Humiliation.
From Hong Kong to Beijing to the Great Wall, from the exotic wonders of
the Summer Palace and the Forbidden City, to squalid village huts, the
dramatic struggle rages across the Celestial Kingdom. This is the story
of the Chinese people, high and low, and the Westerners who came to
exploit the riches of their ancient land and culture.
We meet a young village wife struggling with the rigid traditions of her
people, Manchu empresses and warriors, powerful eunuchs, fanatical
Taiping and Boxer Rebels, savvy Chinese pirates, artists, concubines,
scoundrels and heroes, well-intentioned missionaries and the rapacious
merchants, diplomats and soldiers of the West. Fortunes will rise and
fall, loves will be gained and lost.
This is an unforgettable tale told from both sides of the divide. The
clash of worldviews, of culture and heritage, is shown in a kaleidoscope
of jaw-dropping set pieces. China is a feat of the imagination that will
enthral, instruct and excite, and show us how things once were, and how
the turmoil of the nineteenth century led to modern China's revolution
and rebirth.
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 epicentre of the opium trade, Canton, to stop
it. The Opium Wars begin - heralding a period of bloody military
defeats, reparations, and one-sided treaties which will become known as
the Century of Humiliation.
From Hong Kong to Beijing to the Great Wall, from the exotic wonders of
the Summer Palace and the Forbidden City, to squalid village huts, the
dramatic struggle rages across the Celestial Kingdom. This is the story
of the Chinese people, high and low, and the Westerners who came to
exploit the riches of their ancient land and culture.
We meet a young village wife struggling with the rigid traditions of her
people, Manchu empresses and warriors, powerful eunuchs, fanatical
Taiping and Boxer Rebels, savvy Chinese pirates, artists, concubines,
scoundrels and heroes, well-intentioned missionaries and the rapacious
merchants, diplomats and soldiers of the West. Fortunes will rise and
fall, loves will be gained and lost.
This is an unforgettable tale told from both sides of the divide. The
clash of worldviews, of culture and heritage, is shown in a kaleidoscope
of jaw-dropping set pieces. China is a feat of the imagination that will
enthral, instruct and excite, and show us how things once were, and how
the turmoil of the nineteenth century led to modern China's revolution
and rebirth.
Szczegóły
Rok wydania
2022
Oprawa
Miękka
Ilość stron
766
Format
13.0 x 19.0 cm
Języki
angielski
ISBN
978-1-4447-8780-1
Rodzaj
Książka
Stan
Nowy
EAN
9781444787801
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