{"product_id":"city-rising-volume-1-from-the-holy-mountain-paperback","title":"City Rising - Volume 1: From the Holy Mountain - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Rotenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book in the Shanghai Tetralogy - \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, \u003ci\u003ethey\u003c\/i\u003e arrive. British Men of War ships - and Opium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity Rising \u003c\/i\u003etells 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\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.95 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764203585824,"sku":"9781998779086","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b9fa09ba7bdd8487364466b6e6a9877e.webp?v=1780245670","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/city-rising-volume-1-from-the-holy-mountain-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}