Foreign Mud is one of the most distinguished of Maurice Collis' works of history. This account of the struggle between the British and Chinese in the Opium War in Canton in the 1830s has a vividness that comes from 20 years of experience in the Far East as a civil servant. 'The story of the Opium War does not lend itself to natural composition; it violates all the established rules of dramatric art; it does not begin at the right moment and it prolongs its end long after the climax has been reached. Collis has handled this ...
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Foreign Mud is one of the most distinguished of Maurice Collis' works of history. This account of the struggle between the British and Chinese in the Opium War in Canton in the 1830s has a vividness that comes from 20 years of experience in the Far East as a civil servant. 'The story of the Opium War does not lend itself to natural composition; it violates all the established rules of dramatric art; it does not begin at the right moment and it prolongs its end long after the climax has been reached. Collis has handled this intraceable material with surety of touch . . . The result is a self-contained narrative, lucid, balanced and creating a untiy of impression . . . so lucid, so human, so amusing, and so fair.' Daily Telegraph
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Add this copy of Foreign Mud: an Account of the Opium War to cart. $23.45, good condition, Sold by Baggins Book Bazaar rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, KENT, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1997 by Faber.
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Good in Good jacket. Book viii-xi, 285pp, b/w illustrated. Cream d/j with title in orange to spine. Minor shelfwear, the Faber Library edition, No. 26 Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Very Good. 1946. Paperback. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear and age. Ownership details inside front cover. Light toning, light spotting on edges, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Foreign Mud the Opium Embroglio at Canton in the 1830'S to cart. $17.00, very good condition, Sold by HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boston, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by W. W. Norton & Co.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; 1st edition paperback cover shows soil from storage, very light wear at tips, page block foxed, wear at lower fore-edge of last endpaper affecting no text. 298 pp. "The trials and frustrations of European attempts to negotiate with Chinese authorities are graphically told in this excellent book."-Dean Acheson.
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