![]() ![]() An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span continents, races, and generations. ![]() As their old family ties are washed away, they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais, or ship brothers. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its purpose to fight in China's vicious nineteenth-century Opium Wars, As for the crew, they are a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. “AT THE HEART of this vibrant saga is an old slave ship, the Ibis. Hardcover w/ Jacket, First American edition ![]()
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