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For All the Tea in China - Sarah Rose
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KnihyDobrovsky
- Přes 40 knihkupectví v Česku
- Osobní odběr na prodejně zdarma
- Výborné hodnocení zákazníků na Heurece
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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... Zobrazit více