The Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India And China in Search of Tea - Softcover

Goodwin, Jason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141006781 ISBN 13: 9780141006789

Publisher: Penguin, 2003

Synopsis

This is a fascinating account of the author's travels along the old tea trading routes of the Far East. Full of brilliantly observed detail, both historical and personal, it is informative, moving and funny.

About this title

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

Jason Goodwin is a historian, journalist and travel writer. He is the author of ON FOOT TO THE GOLDEN HORN: A WALK TO ISTANBUL and LORDS OF THE HORIZON: A HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. GREENBACK, his history of the American dollar, is being published by Hamish Hamilton in February 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0141006781
• ISBN 13: 9780141006789
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240