For all the tea in China : espionage, empire and the secret formula for the world's favourite drink
Rose, Sarah2010
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This title presents the story of Scotsman Robert Fortune - botanist-turned-secret agent - and how he infiltrated China's hostile mountain regions disguised as a Chinese merchant. His goal was to steal China's most fiercely protected treasure, a plant as seductive as the soporific poppy: Camellia sinensis or, more simply, tea.
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Imprint:
London : Arrow, 2010.
Collation:
280 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hutchinson, 2009.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780099493426 (pbk)009949342X (pbk)
Dewey class:
633.7'2'0951'09034633.72095109034633.720951633.72633.720
Local class:
633.72633.7209
Language:
English
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BRN:
463491