Smoke and Ashes by Amitav Ghosh

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/127417 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Smoke and Ashes Author: Amitav Ghosh Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar Format: mp3 Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins Release date: 02-15-24 Ratings: Not rated yet 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 find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of 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 at all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history was swept up in the story. Smoke and Ashes is at once a travelogue, memoir and an essay in history, drawing on decades of archival research.