For all the tea in China : espionage, empire and the secret formula for the world's favourite drink
Rose, Sarah2009
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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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London : Hutchinson, 2009.
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256 p.
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9780091797065 (hbk)0091797063 (hbk)
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English
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499457
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