具体描述
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.
作者简介
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.
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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...
评分三星给书，多加一星因为茶。 此书大概就讲清楚了一个问题，那就是维多利亚时期之后，英国人更喜欢红茶胜过绿茶的基本原因，还有流行于世界的斯里兰卡，大吉岭，阿萨姆红茶的来源，都是来自从中国盗取的茶叶树和种子。 本书想要刻画福钧这一因为英国殖民扩张产生的一代植物学家...
评分“Not for all the tea in China”是一句流行于维多利亚时代的俗语，当时英国盛行喝茶，而绝大部分的茶叶来自中国，所以如果把中国(China)所有的茶(tea)都给你，你都不愿意的话，就可以说明你多么的坚决了。美国女作家 Sarah Rose 的作品用 For All the Tea in China 作为书名...
用户评价
写得跟历史课本似的
评分非常好讀，很有意思，一點都不枯燥，對茶葉文化，那個時期的國際環境和中國的風土人情都有介紹。就好像是跟著Robert Fortune一起遊歷了一番
评分humm, the idiomatic title makes me wondering if the author has written this book for money. if so, she might be another compassionate oversea 50 cent practitioner. anyway, good for her. [July 15, Washington Dulles International Airport, 2010]
评分以前没听说过英国人偷走中国茶的故事。
评分以前没听说过英国人偷走中国茶的故事。
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