Diluvio Di Fuoco
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Diluvio Di Fuoco
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : it
Publisher: Neri Pozza Editore
Release Date : 2015-11-06T00:00:00+01:00
Diluvio Di Fuoco written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by Neri Pozza Editore this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-06T00:00:00+01:00 with Fiction categories.
È il 1840 a Canton e lopera del commissario Lin, inviato dallImperatore a porre fine al contrabbando delloppio per salvare le terre del Celeste Impero, ha già mutato il volto della città. Dellantica Fanqui-town, lenclave straniera, è rimasto poco o nulla. La factory britannica, un tempo ledificio più affaccendato e grandioso dellenclave, è chiusa e sbarrata, le verande deserte, le lancette dellorologio del campanile ferme. I mercanti inglesi sono stati espulsi; non prima, però, daver consegnato lintero carico celato nelle stive delle loro navi. Le confische imperiali cinesi, tuttavia, non passano affatto sotto silenzio a Londra. Troppo importante loppio per le casse della regina, e troppo grandi e innumerevoli le opportunità di profitto in quella zona del mondo, per non scatenare una guerra sotto linsegna della libertà di commercio. Gli uomini della Ibis ciurma, passeggeri e coolies si ritrovano nel cuore del conflitto sotto bandiere diverse, a rappresentare le opposte culture, tradizioni, costumi in gioco in quel confronto globale. Convinto che una spedizione britannica, favorita dal denaro dei mercanti, possa non soltanto generare enormi profitti, ma inaugurare anche un nuovo tipo di guerra in cui gli uomini daffari siano protagonisti a pieno titolo, il proprietario della Ibis, Mr Burnham, spedisce la goletta, carica doppio, nelle acque del Mar Cinese Meridionale. E nomina commissario di bordo lamericano Zachary Reid, risoluto nel suo nuovo compito al servizio degli inglesi, ma sempre ossessionato dal ricordo dellenigmatica Paulette Lambert. Neel, lex raja di Raskhali caduto in rovina e artefice di una rocambolesca fuga dalla Ibis in compagnia di un gruppo di detenuti, i famigerati coolies, sceglie, invece, la sponda opposta, e a Canton figura tra gli informatori di rilievo del commissario Lin, e del suo tentativo di dotare la marina del Celeste Impero di imbarcazioni adeguate al confronto con la potente flotta britannica. Perso ogni contatto col padre, Raju, il figlio di Neel, parte alla volta di Canton deciso a ritrovarlo e finisce arruolato come pifferaio nella Bengal Native Infantry, il corpo dei sepoy nelle cui fila milita, orgoglioso e impettito nella sua impeccabile divisa, lhavildar Kesri Singh, fratello di Deeti, la vedova ribelle. Il giovane lascaro Jodu, infine, convertitosi agli insegnamenti del Profeta, decide di combattere dalla parte degli infedeli che adorano idoli e animali piuttosto che di quelli che adorano macchine e bandiere. Capitolo finale dellepica trilogia della Ibis, con la sua imponente ricostruzione storica e il suo ritmo da avvincente romanzo davventura, Diluvio di fuoco mostra come la grande narrativa sia in grado di illuminare il senso più profondo degli eventi della Storia attraverso le vite e il destino di personaggi indimenticabili. Iraq, Afghanistan, narcos e libero mercato: in Cina, nel 1838, cera già tutto». Amitav Ghosh «Un capolavoro Diluvio di fuoco non è soltanto il frutto di unimmaginazione letteraria, ma anche lesercizio di una profonda e originale riflessione storica». Chris Clark «Il capitolo finale di una straordinaria trilogia». Guardian «Un grandioso splendido romanzo davventura, pieno di personaggi forti e variegati». Scotsman «Una lettura formidabile!». Times
Flood Of Fire
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2015-08-04
Flood Of Fire written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-04 with Fiction categories.
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, a transport ship that will carry him from Bengal to Hong Kong. Along the way, many characters from the Ibis Trilogy come aboard, including Zachary Reid, a young American speculator in opium futures, and Shireen, the widow of an opium merchant whose mysterious death in China has compelled her to seek out his lost son. The Hind docks in Hong Kong just as war breaks out and opium "pours into the market like monsoon flood." From Bombay to Calcutta, from naval engagements to the decks of a hospital ship, among embezzlement, profiteering, and espionage, Amitav Ghosh charts a breathless course through the culminating moment of the British opium trade and vexed colonial history. With all the verve of the first two novels in the trilogy, Flood of Fire completes Ghosh's unprecedented reenvisioning of the nineteenth-century war on drugs. With remarkable historic vision and a vibrant cast of characters, Ghosh brings the Opium Wars to bear on the contemporary moment with the storytelling that has charmed readers around the world.
Flood Of Fire
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-05-28
Flood Of Fire written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-28 with Fiction categories.
The thrilling climax to the Ibis trilogy that began with the phenomenal Booker-shortlisted Sea of Poppies. It is 1839 and tension has been rapidly mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. One of the vessels requisitioned for the attack, the Hind, travels eastwards from Bengal to China, sailing into the midst of the First Opium War. The turbulent voyage brings together a diverse group of travellers, each with their own agenda to pursue. Among them is Kesri Singh, a sepoy in the East India Company who leads a company of Indian sepoys; Zachary Reid, an impoverished young sailor searching for his lost love, and Shireen Modi, a determined widow en route to China to reclaim her opium-trader husband's wealth and reputation. Flood of Fire follows a varied cast of characters from India to China, through the outbreak of the First Opium War and China's devastating defeat, to Britain's seizure of Hong Kong. Flood of Fire is a thrillingly realised and richly populated novel, imbued with a wealth of historical detail, suffused with the magic of place and plotted with verve. It is a beautiful novel in its own right, and a compelling conclusion to an epic and sweeping story - it is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Flood Of Fire
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
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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, a transport ship that will carry him from Bengal to Hong Kong.
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language : en
Publisher: Editrice Velar
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Italian Extracts
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Author : Antonio Montucci
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1806
Italian Extracts written by Antonio Montucci and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1806 with Italian literature categories.
Le Stagioni Di Giacomo Thomson
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Author : James Thomson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1826
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Le Stagioni
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Author : James Thomson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1826
Le Stagioni written by James Thomson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1826 with categories.
Rediscovering Enoch The Antediluvian Past From The Fifteenth To Nineteenth Centuries
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-02-13
Rediscovering Enoch The Antediluvian Past From The Fifteenth To Nineteenth Centuries written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-13 with Religion categories.
As the first volume to focus on texts and traditions about Enoch between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, this book brings specialists in antiquity into conversation with specialists in early modernity, exploring the reimagination of the antediluvian past.
Le Stagioni Di Giacomo Thomson
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Author : Giacomo Thomson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1826
Le Stagioni Di Giacomo Thomson written by Giacomo Thomson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1826 with categories.