For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink

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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.

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EAN/ISBN:: 9780099493426
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 288
Publication date:: 2010-04-01
Publisher:: Arrow

EAN/ISBN:: 9780099493426
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 288
Publication date:: 2010-04-01
Publisher:: Arrow

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