Description: Financial Times' best history books of the yearSunday Times' best history books of the yearIn 1839 Britain embarked on the first of its wars with China, sealing the fate of the most prosperous and powerful empire in Asia, if not the world. Motivated by drug profiteering and free-trade interests, the Opium War helped shaped the China we know today, sparking the eventual fall of the Qing dynasty and the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century. Imperial Twilight is a riveting and revealing account of the end of China's Golden Age and the origins of one of the most unjust wars in history.'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds of those who like to talk of the achievements of the Victorian age without thinking about how those were achieved, or how they were funded.' - Peter Frankopan, Spectator
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EAN: 9781786494870
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Book Title: Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of Ch
Item Length: 19.8 cm
Number of Pages: 560 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Imperial Twilight: the Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Archaeology, History
Item Height: 198 mm
Item Weight: 563 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Stephen R. Platt
Item Width: 129 mm
Format: Paperback
