For All the Tea in China : How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History

by Rose, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9780670021529
• ISBN10: 0670021520
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-18
• Publisher: Viking Adult

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.

Author Biography

Sarah Rose holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Chicago. She has worked as a journalist in Hong Kong, Miami, and New York, and now covers food and travel. This is her first book.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Min River, China, 1845	p. 6
East India House, City of London, January 12, 1848	p. 22
Chelsea Physic Garden, May 7, 1848	p. 35
Shanghai to Hangzhou, September 1848	p. 54
Zhejiang Province near Hangzhou, October 1848	p. 67
A Green Tea Factory, Yangtze River, October 1848	p. 83
House of Wang, Anhui Province, November 1848	p. 93
Shanghai at the Lunar New Year, January 1849	p. 107
Calcutta Botanic Garden, March 1849	p. 115
Saharanpur, North-West Provinces, June 1849	p. 125
Ningbo to Bohea, the Great Tea Road, May and June 1849	p. 136
Bohea, July 1849	p. 152
Pucheng, September 1849	p. 171
Shanghai, Autumn 1849	p. 182
Shanghai, February 1851	p. 190
Himalayan Mountains, May 1851	p. 206
Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield Lock, 1852	p. 217
Tea for the Victorians	p. 227
FortuneÆs Story	p. 238
Acknowledgments	p. 247
Notes	p. 251
Index	p. 255
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