All the Tea in China - Hardcover

Bonfiglioli, Kyril

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590200721 ISBN 13: 9781590200728

Publisher: Overlook Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Inspired by a shotgun blast in the seat of his breeches, young Karli Van Cleef quits his native Holland to seek his fortune. He arrives in early Victorian London and soon he is turning a pretty profit. But Karli sees that true opportunity flowers in India's fields of opium poppies and the treaty ports of the China coast. So he takes a berth in an opium clipper hell-bent for the Indies. It is a journey beset with perils. Karli is confronted by the mountainous seas, high-piled plates of curry, and the ferocious penalties of the Articles of War. He survives the malice of the Boers, the hospitality of anthropophagi, and the horrors of Lancashire cooking. En route he acquires some interesting diseases, dangerous friends and enemies, a fortune, and a wife almost as good as new.

About this title

About the Author:

Kyril Bonfiglioli (1928 - 1985) was an art dealer, accomplished fencer, a fair shot with most weapons, and a serial marrier of beautiful women. He claimed to be "abstemious in all things except drink, food, tobacco, and talking," and "loved and respected by all who knew him slightly."

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1590200721
• ISBN 13: 9781590200728
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258