Foreign Mud is one of the most distinguished of Maurice Collis'
works of history. This account of the struggle between the British
and Chinese in the Opium War in Canton in the 1830s has a vividness
that comes from 20 years of experience in the Far East as a civil
servant. 'The story of the Opium War does not lend itself to
natural composition; it violates all the established rules of
dramatric art; it does not begin at the right moment and it
prolongs its end long after the climax has been reached. Collis has
handled this intraceable material with surety of touch . . . The
result is a self-contained narrative, lucid, balanced and creating
a untiy of impression . . . so lucid, so human, so amusing, and so
fair.' Daily Telegraph
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