| Description |
xii, 259 pages ; 20 cm |
| 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 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-252) and index. |
| 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 -- 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880 -- Travel -- China.
|
|
Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880. (OCoLC)fst00037208
|
|
East India Company -- History -- 19th century.
|
|
East India Company. (OCoLC)fst00537796
|
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
|
| Subject |
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.
|
|
Business intelligence. (OCoLC)fst00842723
|
|
Spies. (OCoLC)fst01129772
|
|
Tea. (OCoLC)fst01144120
|
|
Tea trade. (OCoLC)fst01144179
|
|
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
|
|
China -- Description and travel.
|
|
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
|
|
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
|
|
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
|
|
Himalaya Mountains. (OCoLC)fst01242048
|
| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
|
|
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
|
| ISBN |
9780143118749 (paperback) |
|
0143118749 (paperback) |
|
