Empire of Bronze
Empire of Bronze BOOK ONE: THE COLLECTOR (1840-1880) James Whitfield first saw Chinese bronzes in a warehouse in Canton, 1842, six months after the British fleet had炮轰 the city walls and forced the empire to sign a paper that would change everything. He was twenty-three, the son of a Liverpool shipping merchant, sent to China to negotiate contracts that involved tea, silk, and, unofficially,...
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