On november 11 1920 two years following the armistice that ended the war both france and the uk buried the remains of soldiers whose bodies couldn t be identified.

Edward rutherfurd china png. 4 6 out of 5 stars 193. This seventy year family saga starts in the nineteenth century during the reign of britain s queen victoria. Nineteenth century china was a proud and ancient empire ruled by the manchu and forbidden to foreigners. After world war i a movement began to commemorate unknown fallen soldiers with a single tomb.

The chinese emperor determined to prevent his people from sinking into addiction sent the. 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. Moving back and forth in. Educated locally and at the universities of cambridge and stanford california he worked in political research bookselling and publishing.

4 3 out of 5 stars 82. Extraordinarily researched and majestically told edward rutherfurd paints a thrilling portrait of one of the most singular and remarkable countries in the world. Rutherfurd attended the university of cambridge and stanford business school. Find great deals on ebay for edward rutherfurd.

The west and britain in particular had an unquenchable appetite for chinese tea but lacked the silver to buy it. So western merchant adventurers resorted to smuggling in opium in exchange. He is best known as a writer of epic historical novels which span long periods of history but are set in particular places. Edward rutherfurd was born in england in the cathedral city of salisbury.

Pre order china for your kindle today. Read more and purchase. Doubleday 15 may 2018 language. Get your kindle here or download a free kindle reading app.

Edward rutherfurd is a pen name for francis edward wintle born 1948 in salisbury england. After numerous attempts to write books and plays he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983 and returned to his childhood home to write sarum a historical novel. Edward rutherfurd the internationally bestselling author of sarum london new york and paris turns his pen to the bustling modern behemoth that is china a country full to the brim with a deep beautiful and sometimes violent heritage. Don t have a kindle.

Edward rutherfurd has enthralled millions of readers with his grand sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations.

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