The Opium War
Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
$27.90
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2026
Summary
‘A gripping read as well as an important one’ – Rana Mitter, The Guardian
In The Opium War, professor of Modern Chinese History and Literature Julia Lovell offers a compelling account of the causes and fallout of the Opium Wars.
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 op…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035091324 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035091321 |
| Author: | Julia Lovell |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Picador Collection |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
A gripping read as well as an important one – Rana Mitter * Guardian *
Lively, erudite and meticulously researched * Literary Review *
An important reminder of how the memory of the Opium War continues to cast a dark shadow * Sunday Times *
Julia Lovell
Julia Lovell teaches modern Chinese history at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of The Opium War, The Great Wall: China Against the World and The Politics of Cultural Capital: China’s Quest for a Nobel Prize in Literature and writes on China for The Guardian, Independent and The Times Literary Supplement. Her many translations of modern Chinese fiction include Lu Xun’s The Real Story of Ah-Q, and Other Tales of China.
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