{"product_id":"9781998779086","title":"City Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first book in the \u003ci\u003eShanghai Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eCity Rising\u003c\/i\u003e - starts on the Hua Shan (the Holy Mountain) 250 years before Christ where the FIRST EMPEROR the most powerful man the world to that time had ever known bequeaths a talisman to his three trusted followers: the BodyGuard, his favorite Courtesan and his Head Confucian - a narwhal tusk with carvings depicting the growth for the next 2500 years of a city at the Bend in the River - Shanghai. The warning from the First Emperor before he commits suicide is to watch for the White Ships on Water - and so the progeny of the three who are entrusted with the Tusk do - and then - in 1841 - they arrive. British Men of War ships - and Opium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCity Rising\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of two destitute Baghdadi boys who become opium lords - and the battles against the powerful British Opium companies - and the boys' eventual love of the City at the Bend in the River - Shanghai.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Rotenberg (CA)","offers":[{"title":"At Bay Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-11-09","offer_id":44229830967551,"sku":"9781998779086","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_edb97a59-2bc7-4096-9f3b-c5dc30914e5e.jpg?v=1692984405","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781998779086","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}