{"product_id":"city-rising-from-the-holy-mountain-9781998779086","title":"City Rising: From the Holy Mountain","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCity Rising 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e At Bay Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781998779086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 4.96w x 0.87d","brand":"David Rotenberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43896732549301,"sku":"9781998779086","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a96330eb-2571-45b3-97cb-85a130064f53.jpg?v=1712632017","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/city-rising-from-the-holy-mountain-9781998779086","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}