2010, ISBN: 009949342X

[EAN: 9780099493426], Neubuch, [SC: 2.9], [PU: Random House UK Mrz 2010], DONUT ECONOMICS AGE OF ANGER WILLIAM DALRYMPLE NIA, BETTANY HUGHES MARK KURLANSKY HENRY KISSINGER NARC, ISTANBUL … Plus…

[EAN: 9780099493426], Neubuch, [SC: 2.9], [PU: Random House UK Mrz 2010], DONUT ECONOMICS AGE OF ANGER WILLIAM DALRYMPLE NIA, BETTANY HUGHES MARK KURLANSKY HENRY KISSINGER NARC, ISTANBUL A TALE THREE CITIES OPIUM WARS COD THE, ESPIONAGE RAILWAY ARCHITECTURE ROBERT FORTUNE YUVA, TIM SHIPMAN THE HUNGRY EMPIRE BREXIT FLASH BOYS KO, SILK ROADS NEW HISTORY WORLD ROA, SUGAR SAPIENS BRIEF HUMANKIND LAURA S, PRISONERS GEOGRAPHY BRITISH CHURCHILL BA, M MAXWELL KNIGHT BRITAIN'S GREATEST SPYMASTER BY H, INDIAN SUMMER ERIC HOBSBAWM KOHINOOR PALE RIDER TH, GEOGRAPHY, HUMANKIND, YUVAL NOAH HARARI, NIALL FERGUSON, DALRYMPLE, SHIPMAN, ROAD, EMPIRE, BOYS, ECONOMICS, HUGHES, SUMMER, ROADS: WORLD, HOBSBAWM, SPANISH FLU 1918, KISSINGER, KOH I NOOR, BILLION DOLLAR SPY, HEMMING, TEA, POLITICAL SCIENCE, POLITICS, WAR BOOKS, HISTORY, GEOPOLITICS, SCIENCE MILITARY MILITARY, MIDDLE EAST, BOOK, GOVERNMENT, BOOKS FOR MEN, ADULTS, NON FICTION DAD FICTION, SCOTTISH SCOTLAND,, Neuware - Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea.For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer. Britain purchased this fuel for its Empire by trading opium to the Chinese - a poisonous relationship Britain fought two destructive wars to sustain. The East India Company had profited lavishly as the middleman, but now it was sinking, having lost its monopoly to trade tea. Its salvation, it thought, was to establish its own plantations in the Himalayas of British India.There were just two problems: India had no tea plants worth growing, and the company wouldn't have known what to do with them if it had.Hence Robert Fortune's daring trip. The Chinese interior was off-limits and virtually unknown to the West, but that's where the finest tea was grown - the richest oolongs, soochongs and pekoes. And the Emperor aimed to keep it that way. 288 pp. Englisch, Books<

2010, ISBN: 009949342X

[EAN: 9780099493426], Neubuch, [SC: 2.9], [PU: Cornerstone Apr 2010], Neuware - Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East Indi… Plus…

[EAN: 9780099493426], Neubuch, [SC: 2.9], [PU: Cornerstone Apr 2010], Neuware - Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea.For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer. Britain purchased this fuel for its Empire by trading opium to the Chinese - a poisonous relationship Britain fought two destructive wars to sustain. The East India Company had profited lavishly as the middleman, but now it was sinking, having lost its monopoly to trade tea. Its salvation, it thought, was to establish its own plantations in the Himalayas of British India.There were just two problems: India had no tea plants worth growing, and the company wouldn't have known what to do with them if it had.Hence Robert Fortune's daring trip. The Chinese interior was off-limits and virtually unknown to the West, but that's where the finest tea was grown - the richest oolongs, soochongs and pekoes. And the Emperor aimed to keep it that way. 288 pp. Deutsch, Books<

2010, ISBN: 9780099493426

Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - te… Plus…

Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea.For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer. Britain purchased this fuel for its Empire by trading opium to the Chinese - a poisonous relationship Britain fought two destructive wars to sustain. The East India Company had profited lavishly as the middleman, but now it was sinking, having lost its monopoly to trade tea. Its salvation, it thought, was to establish its own plantations in the Himalayas of British India.There were just two problems: India had no tea plants worth growing, and the company wouldn't have known what to do with them if it had.Hence Robert Fortune's daring trip. The Chinese interior was off-limits and virtually unknown to the West, but that's where the finest tea was grown - the richest oolongs, soochongs and pekoes. And the Emperor aimed to keep it that way. Books Sarah Rose|Paperback|Cornerstone|01/04/2010, Cornerstone<

2010, ISBN: 9780099493426

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Cornerstone], The vivid historical story of Robert Fortune, engaged by the East India Company in 1848, to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China to ste… Plus…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Cornerstone], The vivid historical story of Robert Fortune, engaged by the East India Company in 1848, to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea. 'An enthusiastic tale of how the humble leaf became a global addiction' "Financial Times", DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 288, [GW: 207g], PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<