Imperial Twilight : The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age Education for the 25th Anniversary of

for the 25th Anniversary of Eightball

Frank Dikoetter returns to eight of the most chillingly effective personality cults of the twentieth century

By Author(s):WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI

Book Title: Understanding Your Cat

Imperial Twilight : The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age Education for the 25th Anniversary ofBook Title: Imperial Twilight H ISBN: 9781786494863 By Author(s): STEPHEN PLATT By Publisher: ATLANTIC BOOKS Format: HC A Sunday Times Book of the Year, 2018 'Excellent' Guardian 'A masterpiece' New York Times 'Superbly engaging' Daily Telegraph 'Masterly' Wall Street Journal 'Captivating' The Times When Britain launched its first war on China in 1839, pushed into hostilities by profiteering drug merchants and free trade interests, it sealed the fate