Smoke and Ashes by Amitav Ghosh

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/127250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smoke and Ashes Author: Amitav Ghosh Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar Format: mp3 Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins Release date: 02-14-24 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 40 ratings Genres: China Publisher's Summary: When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis trilogy ten years ago, he was startled to learn how the lives of the nineteenth-century sailors and soldiers he wrote about were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising of all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history were swept up in the story. Smoke and Ashes is at once a travelogue, a memoir, and an essay in history, drawing on decades of archival research.