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The Gunpowder Gardens

Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea

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Jason Goodwin, inspired by his grandmothers who spent their lives in China and India observing the custom of afternoon tea, set off to explore the relics of this imperial age and its worldwide trade, delving into the extraordinary history of tea. Evoking a vanished world, he follows the origin of tea, its use, influence and importance, from the the Canton factories through the establishment of British India and the Opium Wars, all the way to that great tea metropolis, London.

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The Gunpowder Gardens, Jason Goodwin

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Título
The Gunpowder Gardens
Subtítulo
Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
2003
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
240
ISBN10
0141006781
ISBN13
9780141006789
Serie
Calificación
3,3 de 5
Descripción
Jason Goodwin, inspired by his grandmothers who spent their lives in China and India observing the custom of afternoon tea, set off to explore the relics of this imperial age and its worldwide trade, delving into the extraordinary history of tea. Evoking a vanished world, he follows the origin of tea, its use, influence and importance, from the the Canton factories through the establishment of British India and the Opium Wars, all the way to that great tea metropolis, London.