Opium: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon - Hardcover

Hodgson, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081182411X ISBN 13: 9780811824118

Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc, 1900

Synopsis

An illustrated history of opium culture follows the path of the drug's creation and consumption and discusses how it fueled the vision of artists, writers, and poets

About this title

Review:

Illustrated with rare engravings, this lavish book charts the drug's passage from China through the Limehouse Docks... -- Bizarre, February 2002

Opium held a special attraction to those on the fringes of society... the book is a pleasure to behold -- 'Sunday Telegraph', November 2000

The drug with the best brand name of all... full of beautiful historical images... -- 'Time Out', November 2000

This is a little jewel of a book, with a sumptuous embossed cover and a wealth of high-quality colour reproductions -- 'Fortean Times', Feb 2002

This is a terrifically glamorous short history of opium culture, all exquisitely illustrated in lush colour plates. -- 'The Times', November 2000

About the Author:

Barbara Hodgson is a book designer and writer and a founding partner at Byzantium Books in Vancouver, B.C. She is the author of "No Place for a Lady" among other nonfiction books. She has also published two novels, "The Sensualist" and "The Tattooed Map."

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc
• Publication date: 1900
• ISBN 10: 081182411X
• ISBN 13: 9780811824118
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152