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

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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, Sarah, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2010.
Subjects:
Fortune, Robert, > 1813-1880 > Travel > China.
East India Company > History > 19th century.
Tea trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Tea trade > China > History > 19th century.
Tea > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Tea > China > History > 19th century.
Spies > Great Britain > Biography.
Business intelligence > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
China > Description and travel.
Himalaya Mountains > Description and travel.

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