Author(s): Platt, Stephen R. (Author),
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 06/06/2019,
Pagination: 560 pages, 2 Maps,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Published By: Atlantic Books
Book Classification: China, British & Irish history
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781786494870
Description: 

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE

A Financial Times Book of the Year

A Sunday Times Book of the Year

In 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.