So western merchant adventurers resorted to smuggling in opium in exchange. The West, and Britain in particular, had an unquenchable appetite for Chinese tea, but lacked the silver to buy it. Nineteenth Century China was a proud and ancient empire, ruled by the Manchu and forbidden to foreigners. The history it relates led directly to the tragic events of the twentieth century and the attitude of China towards the rest of the world today. Through the human stories of British, American and Chinese families, the novel tells the sweeping and dramatic tale of how the West met the exotic Empire of China and humiliated her. This seventy-year family saga starts in the nineteenth century, during the reign of Britain’s Queen Victoria. The PAPERBACK of my latest novel CHINA is now available. Welcome to the Official Website for Edward Rutherfurd
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