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9780143118749 English 0143118749 "If ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it." - The Washington Post In the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed, Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic history. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company faced the loss of its monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China, forcing it to make the drastic decision of sending Scottish botanist Robert Fortune to steal the crop from deep within China and bring it back to British plantations in India. Fortune's danger-filled odyssey, magnificently recounted here, reads like adventure fiction, revealing a long-forgotten chapter of the past and the wondrous origins of a seemingly ordinary beverage., By 1848, the British East India Company faced the prospect of losing its two-hundred-year monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China. Determined to grow its own tea on territory it controlled in the Indian Himalayas, the company made the extraordinary decision of sending botanist Robert Fortune on a dangerous mission to steal the tea plants from deep within China. Set against a landscape of unearthly beauty, For All the Tea in China is the story of Fortune's mission of corporate espionage-a struggle against pirates, suspicious locals, the elements, and his own untrustworthy companions, all for the sake of a humble leaf that would change the world forever. Book jacket.
9780143118749 English 0143118749 "If ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it." - The Washington Post In the dramatic story of one of the greatest acts of corporate espionage ever committed, Sarah Rose recounts the fascinating, unlikely circumstances surrounding a turning point in economic history. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the British East India Company faced the loss of its monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China, forcing it to make the drastic decision of sending Scottish botanist Robert Fortune to steal the crop from deep within China and bring it back to British plantations in India. Fortune's danger-filled odyssey, magnificently recounted here, reads like adventure fiction, revealing a long-forgotten chapter of the past and the wondrous origins of a seemingly ordinary beverage., By 1848, the British East India Company faced the prospect of losing its two-hundred-year monopoly on the fantastically lucrative tea trade with China. Determined to grow its own tea on territory it controlled in the Indian Himalayas, the company made the extraordinary decision of sending botanist Robert Fortune on a dangerous mission to steal the tea plants from deep within China. Set against a landscape of unearthly beauty, For All the Tea in China is the story of Fortune's mission of corporate espionage-a struggle against pirates, suspicious locals, the elements, and his own untrustworthy companions, all for the sake of a humble leaf that would change the world forever. Book jacket.