Ebook: For all the tea in China : how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history
Author: Fortune Robert, Rose Sarah, Fortune Robert
- Genre: Housekeeping; leisure // Cooking
- Tags: Библиотека, Досуг, Кулинария, Напитки, Чай
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Penguin USA
- City: New York, China, Himalaya Mountains, Great Britain., China., Himalaya Mountains
- Language: English
- epub
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