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For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink
For All the Tea in China Espionage Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink
Author: Sarah Rose
Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea.For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer. Britain purch...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780091797065
ISBN-10: 0091797063
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Viking
Book Type: Hardcover
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