A dramatic historical narrative of the man who stole the secret of tea from China
In 1848, the British East India Company, having lost its monopoly on the tea trade, engaged Robert Fortune, a Scottish gardener, botanist, and plant hunter, to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China-territory forbidden to foreigners-to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea horticulture and manufacturing. For All the Tea in China is the remarkable account of Fortune's journeys into China-a thrilling narrative that combines history, geography, botany, natural science, and old-fashioned adventure.
Disguised in Mandarin robes, Fortune ventured deep into the country, confronting pirates, hostile climate, and his own untrustworthy men as he made his way to the epicenter of tea production, the remote Wu Yi Shan hills. One of the most daring acts of corporate espionage in history, Fortune's pursuit of China's ancient secret makes for a classic nineteenth-century adventure tale, one in which the fate of empires hinges on the feats of one extraordinary man.
Sarah Rose is a journalist and author of D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis and Helped Win World War II, and the critically acclaimed For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World’s Favorite Drink and Changed History.
She was a news columnist at the Wall Street Journal, and her features have appeared in Outside, Departures, The New York Post, Travel + Leisure, Bon Appetit, The Saturday Evening Post, and Men’s Journal.
Sarah is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Chicago.
本来是怀着极大的兴趣买本书来阅读的,但是看过之后不免失望。 失望的原因主要来自作者的视角,一种并不带有这个时代(作者的时代)该有的关怀去描述当时福均在中国的所见所闻。虽然事情发生在150多年前,当时人们的视角肯定和现在人不一样,但是作者也并没有采用客观的历史角...
评分本来是怀着极大的兴趣买本书来阅读的,但是看过之后不免失望。 失望的原因主要来自作者的视角,一种并不带有这个时代(作者的时代)该有的关怀去描述当时福均在中国的所见所闻。虽然事情发生在150多年前,当时人们的视角肯定和现在人不一样,但是作者也并没有采用客观的历史角...
评分 评分 评分高中毕业已经很多年了,到刚刚为止还有一个疑问在我脑海深处盘踞着: 历史课本中在讲到印度的第一次独立运动的时候说导火索是英国殖民者在发放给印度士兵的子弹上涂有猪油和牛油,而士兵的主要信仰是印度教和伊斯兰教,英国殖民者通过这一行为来羞辱印度土兵,进而导致印度民族...
以前没听说过英国人偷走中国茶的故事。
评分subtitle標題黨啦,robert fortune是隻scot弗是english好伐。再講照箇種邏輯,工業化國家儕偷了大英一百年偷了美國兩百年。
评分subtitle標題黨啦,robert fortune是隻scot弗是english好伐。再講照箇種邏輯,工業化國家儕偷了大英一百年偷了美國兩百年。
评分fortune这个人也挺有意思的 出生一般 把茶引入到印度后就有了些名气 后来再来日本和中国取了很多植物种子 改进了ward case 使得植物经过长途海上运输存活率大大提高 做过kew的园长 美国南北战争前专利局还高薪聘请他去英国找茶树带到美国 试图在南方种
评分写得跟历史课本似的
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