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Foreign Mud: Being an Account of the Opium Imbroglio at Canton in the 1830's and the Anglo-Chinese War That Followed (New Directions Classics,) (Paperback)

by Maurice Collis (Author) "The vision of Cathay danced before the eyes of the early navigators..." (more)
Key Phrases: laboriously vile, foreign mud, opium traffic, Lord Napier, Captain Elliot, East India Company (more...)
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Editorial Reviews
Daily Telegraph
Collis's books give nothing but pleasure to those who enjoy elegant writing.

Times Literary Supplement
[T]ells in the most human terms a story that has been greatly distorted by less accomplished writers.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 318 pages
  • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation (June 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0811215067
  • ISBN-13: 978-0811215060
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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