Foreign Mud
| Publisher Series | Faber Paper Covered Editions |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber Ltd |
| Printed by | John Dickens and Co Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | London |
| This Edition Published | 1964 |
| Pages / Font | 318 pages |
| Price | 10s 6d net |
| Chapters | I. INTRODUCTORY II. MISE-EN-SCÈNE (i) Macao (ii) First sight of the drug traffic (iii) The Bogue (iv) The River People (v) The Factories (vi) The official system of trading to China (vii) The unofficial system of trading to China (viii) The drug traffic in operation (ix) The Dragon memorializes Heaven III. THE MISADVENTURES OF A BARBARIAN EYE (i) Review of prospects in 1833 (ii) The head authorities at Canton (iii) The appointment of Lord Napier (iv) The palaver at the gate (v) Laboriously Vile (vi) Napier is ordered to go (vii) Napier becomes heated (viii) The victory of the chairs (ix) The Viceroy acts (x) The battle of the Bogue (xi) The frigates are trapped (xii) Napier's discomfiture and death (xiii) What the Dragon said (xiv) Conclusions from the misadventures IV. FOREIGN MUD (i) British opinion of the Chinese armed forces (ii) The affair of the strangling (iii) Captain Elliot's dilemmas (iv) Lin demands the surrender of all opium (v) Lin increases the pressure (vi) Captain Elliot to the rescue (vii) Lin succeeds in frightening Elliot (viii) Elliot surrenders the opium (ix) Lin destroys the opium (x) Lin admonishes Queen Victoria V. SLIDING INTO WAR (i) Lin's descent upon Macao (ii) The fight with the junks (iii) The battle of Chuenpee (iv) The Commons debate VI. WAR (i) A smuggler's sea fight (ii) Lin is dismissed and succeeded by Kishen (iii) Elliot and Kishen are dismissed (iv) Sequel AUTHORITIES INDEX |
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