For All the Tea in China
How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History
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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.
Publisher:
New York : - Viking
Pages:
261
ISBN:
9780143118749, 0670021520, 9780670021529
Language:
English
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.
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-254) and index.
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.
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.
Statement of responsibility:
Sarah Rose
Physical description:
x, 261 p. ; 22 cm.
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Add a CommentWow! This was a thrilling historical account of how England stole tea from China and changed the history of the world. It's all true, but it reads like a novel. A fast paced adventure story.This book would make a fantastic movie adaptation. I would definitely read this book again. Excellent!
This is a popular history about how tea was taken from China to benefit Great Britain, in what would now be called one of the largest thefts of intellectual property ever. The story of Robert Fortune, a scholarly and intrepid botanist, and how he ventures into closed parts of 19th-century China to find and smuggle tea plants is a surprisingly riveting read.
Suggested possible book for Book Group.