{"product_id":"imperial-twilight-by-stephen-r-platt-9781786494870","title":"Imperial Twilight","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e' best history books of the year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e' best history books of the year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1839 Britain embarked on the first of its wars with China, sealing the fate of the most prosperous and powerful empire in Asia, if not the world. Motivated by drug profiteering and free-trade interests, the Opium War helped shape the China we know today, sparking the eventual fall of the Qing dynasty and the rise of nationalism and communism in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImperial Twilight\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting and revealing account of the end of China's Golden Age and the origins of one of the most unjust wars in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds of those who like to talk of the achievements of the Victorian age without thinking about how those were achieved, or how they were funded.' - Peter Frankopan, \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833190011116,"sku":"9781786494870","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1477743482824.jpg?v=1758444471","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/imperial-twilight-by-stephen-r-platt-9781786494870","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}