Rose, Sarah. <br/><br/>
For all the tea in China :  how England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history / 
Sarah Rose. 
 - New York :  Viking,  2010. 
 - x, 261 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> First published: London : Hutchinson, 2009, with title For all the tea in China : espionage, empire, and the secret formula for the world's favourite drink. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-254) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 -- Saharunpur, 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. 
<br/><br/> Booklist starred, February 2010 
<br/><br/> Describes the efforts of the British East India Company to acquire the secrets and seedlings to begin producing their own teas in the mid-nineteenth century and details the role of Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener and botanist who was disguised and sent in to smuggle tea plants out of China and transport them to the foothills of the Himalayas. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670021529 (trade) 0670021520 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009041482 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880 --Travel--China.<br/>Fortune, Robert, 1813-1880 --Travel.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>East India Company--History--19th century.<br/>East India Company--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tea trade--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Tea trade--History--China--19th century.<br/>Tea--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Tea--History--China--19th century.<br/>Spies--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Business intelligence--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Tea industry--History.--Great Britain<br/>Tea industry--History.--China<br/>Tea--History.--Great Britain<br/>Tea--History.--China<br/>Spies--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Business intelligence--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Description and travel.<br/>Himalaya Mountains--Description and travel.<br/>China--Description and travel.<br/>Himalaya Mountains--Description and travel.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9198.G72  / R67 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>382/.41372/0941