City Rising
The second book in the 'Shanghai Tetralogy' is City Rising: The Bend in the River:
On the Hua Shan (the Holy Mountain) 250 years before Christ, the most powerful man in the world, the First Emperor bequeaths a talisman - a narwhal tusk with carvings depicting the growth of Shanghai for the next 2500 years - to his three trusted followers: the Bodyguard, his favourite Courtesan, and his Head Confucian. 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. Then, in 1841 they arrive - British Men of War ships. And opium.
City Rising: The Bend in the River tells the story of two destitute Baghdadi Jews who become opium lords, their battles against the powerful British opium companies, and the boys' eventual love of the City at the Bend in the River - Shanghai.
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On the Hua Shan (the Holy Mountain) 250 years before Christ, the most powerful man in the world, the First Emperor bequeaths a talisman - a narwhal tusk with carvings depicting the growth of Shanghai for the next 2500 years - to his three trusted followers: the Bodyguard, his favourite Courtesan, and his Head Confucian. 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. Then, in 1841 they arrive - British Men of War ships. And opium.
City Rising: The Bend in the River tells the story of two destitute Baghdadi Jews who become opium lords, their battles against the powerful British opium companies, and the boys' eventual love of the City at the Bend in the River - Shanghai.
David Rotenberg
David Rotenberg (1950–2023) était un **auteur canadien**, professeur émérite d’études théâtrales à l’Université York et fondateur du **Pro Actors Lab** à Toronto, où il a formé des générations d’acteurs. Spécialiste du roman historique, de la science-fiction et du polar, il a publié une douzaine de livres, dont plusieurs ont été adaptés pour le cinéma ou la télévision. *City Rising* est le premier volet de sa **Tétralogie de Shanghai**, une fresque ambitieuse mêlant histoire, aventure et destin. Rotenberg est décédé peu après avoir achevé le quatrième tome de cette série.
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