In this hilarious novel, Bonfiglioli takes us back in time to an ironical maritime romp?Master and Commander by way of Monty Python.
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.
Traces the history of tea, looks at Chinese and Japanese tea customs, explains how tea is grown and processed, and describes fifty Chinese varieties
The book is also filled with funny stories of Haft’s hard-won lessons as a China business pioneer. It’s the most engaging, useful book yet on this important subject.
Jane Orcutt is the author or coauthor of fifteen books, including the bestselling Porch Swings and Picket Fences. A two-time RITA award finalist, Jane was also a finalist for the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award.
In English, see the early report by Han Wei 1993 and the later study by Karetzky 2000. For some issues related to the relic finds at Famen si, see the unpublished paper by Robert H. Sharf, “The Buddha's Finger Bones at Famen-si and the ...
It seemed as if by some magic though, that we laboured initally against a tide of administration, before we found ourselves in this land of ancient wonder. Our life here is the theme of this story, It was not always beautiful.
The China Tea Book
Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy.
The book begins by delving into the history and legends surrounding tea before moving on to a study of the Emperor Hui Tsung’s treatise on tea and approaches to tea during the Ming Dynasty.
Lees, Tea Cultivation, 211; Lees, Land and Labour, iv, 84–85; Lees, Memorandum Written, 1–2; Lees, ed., Resolutions, Regulations, Despatches, 1–2; Edgar “Tea Cultivation,”17, 13; Money, Cultivation & Manufacture, 2–3. 36.