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The Ibis Trilogy is a work of historical fiction by Amitav Ghosh, set in India, China and places between in the 19th century leading up to the first Opium War. It is also, by the way, brilliant!
Sea of Poppies – Ibis Trilogy Part 1
In 1838, the Ibis, a two-masted schooner, arrives on the east coast of India.
A former blackbirder, a slave ship, the Ibis is not swift enough to evade the British Navy ships on the west coast of Africa now that the slave trade has been abolished. The new owners of the Ibis plan to put her to a new use – shipping opium from India to China. The Ibis, then, is about to begin her second life, and she is not the only one.
River of Smoke – The Ibis Trilogy Part 2
In 1838, Frederick ‘Fitcher’ Penrose, an English plant-hunter, sails into in Port Louis, Mauritius and heads straight for the botanical gardens.
What he finds is a discarded ruin, but perhaps there is an opportunity to pinch some plants from here. He soon finds he