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Title: For all the tea in China: espionage empire and the secret formula for the world's favourite drink / Sarah Rose [Go to resource]
Description: This title presents the story of Scotsman Robert Fortune - botanist-turned-secret agent - and how he infiltrated China's hostile mountain regions disguised as a Chinese merchant. His goal was to steal China's most fiercely protected treasure a plant as seductive as the soporific poppy: Camellia sinensis or more simply tea. Temporal: 2008 Source: Lincolnshire County Council Identifier: http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... Go to resource More Like this...
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