by Pierre-ArnaudChouvy (Author)
Bitter, brownish and sticky, opium - the sap of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum - has been cultivated from the earliest of times. This book presents an account of the illicit production and trade of opium across the centuries.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Published: 30 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 1845119738
ISBN 13: 9781845119737