While in China, de Brisac would have been protecting British interests in the aftermath of the 'First Opium War' (1839-42). This has become infamous as a particularly spiteful piece of British imperialism — although at the time it was seen as a perfectly reasonable way of preserving trade in the empire upon which the sun never set.
While in China, de Brisac would have been protecting British interests in the aftermath of the First Opium War (1839-42). This has become infamous as a particularly spiteful piece of British imperialism — although at the time it was seen as a perfectly reasonable way of preserving trade in the empire upon which the sun never set.