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

Book information

Publisher
Penguin USA;Viking
ISBN
9781101189474, 1101189479, 978-1-101-19001-2, 1101190019
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
328 kB (335834 bytes)
Pages
261\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00

Description

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. Abstract: 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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