For all the tea in China how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history
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.
| Main Author: | Rose, Sarah. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Viking,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- Saharunpur, 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.