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For all the tea in China [how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history]  Cover Image CD Audiobook CD Audiobook

For all the tea in China [how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history]

Rose, Sarah (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 140011537X (retail)
  • ISBN: 1400145376 (lib. ed.)
  • ISBN: 9781400115372 (retail) :
  • ISBN: 9781400145379 (lib. ed.) :
  • Physical Description: 7 sound discs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
    sound disc
    sound recording
  • Publisher: [Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Audio, p2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Subtitle from container.
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Participant or Performer Note: Read by Sarah Rose.
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
Fortune, Robert 1813-1880 Travel China
Spies Great Britain Biography
Business intelligence Great Britain History 19th century
East India Company History 19th century
China Description and travel
Himalaya Mountains Description and travel
Genre: Audiobooks.

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Homer Public Library CD 382 ROS (Text) 000094095 Audio -- Nonfiction Available -

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.

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