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For all the tea in China : how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history / Sarah Rose.

Rose, Sarah. (Author).

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Rose's remarkable account follows the journey of Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, who was deployed by the British East India Company to steal China's tea secrets in 1848. This thrilling narrative combines history, geography, and old-fashioned adventure.

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  • ISBN: 0670021520
  • ISBN: 9780670021529
  • Physical Description: x, 261 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2010.

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General Note:
Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 2009, with title For all the tea in China : espionage, empire, and the secret formula for the world's favourite drink.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-254) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Min River, China, 1845 -- East India House, City of London, January 12, 1848 -- Chelsea Physic Garden, May 7, 1848 -- Shanghai to Hangzhou, September 1848 -- Zhejiang Province near Hangzhou, October 1848 -- A green tea factory, Yangtze River, October 1848 -- House of Wang, Anhui Province, November 1848 -- Shanghai at the Lunar New Year, January 1849 -- Calcutta Botanic Garden, March 1849 -- Saharanpur, North-West Provinces, June 1849 -- Ningbo to Bohea, the Great Tea Road, May and June 1849 -- Bohea, July 1849 -- Pucheng, September 1849 -- Shanghai, Autumn 1849 -- Shanghai, February 1851 -- Himalayan Mountains, May 1851 -- Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 1852 -- Tea for the Victorians -- Fortune's story.

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Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880 > Travel > China.
East India Company > History > 19th century.
Business intelligence > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Spies > Great Britain > Biography.
Tea trade > China > History > 19th century.
Tea trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Tea > China > History > 19th century.
Tea > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
China > Description and travel.
Himalaya Mountains > Description and travel.
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Biographies.

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