1990
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Publisher: Random House UK
230 pages
ISBN: 978-0099223610
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The Gunpowder Gardens

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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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Title:The Gunpowder Gardens
Author:Jason Goodwin
Series:Non-Fiction Books
Published:1990
Pages:230
ISBN-10:99223619
ISBN-13:978-0099223610
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This book is part of the Non-Fiction Books series.