The Opium War Subclass Code_1PY author of the Trylle trilogy

author of the Trylle trilogy and the Kanin Chronicles

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The Opium War Subclass Code_1PY author of the Trylle trilogyA gripping read as well as an important one.' Rana Mitter, Guardian In October 1839, Britain entered the first Opium War with China. Its brutality notwithstanding, the conflict was also threaded with tragicomedy: with Victorian hypocrisy, bureaucratic fumblings, military missteps, political opportunism and collaboration. Yet over the past hundred and seventy years, this strange tale of misunderstanding, incompetence and compromise has become the