The Gunpowder Gardens by Jason Goodwin

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The Gunpowder Gardens by Jason Goodwin

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Summary

The author's grandmothers spent their lives in China and India, daily observing the imperial custom of afternoon tea. Inspired by their memories, he set off to explore the fast-disappearing relics of their world - an exploration which reached back into the history of the tea trade.

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The Gunpowder Gardens by Jason Goodwin

The author's grandmothers spent their lives in China and India, daily observing the imperial custom of afternoon tea. Inspired by their memories, he set off to explore the fast-disappearing relics of their world - an exploration which reached back into the history of the tea trade. In a journey through the lost European cities of the China coast, the crumbling tea city of Calcutta, and the legendary gardens of Bohea and Darjeeling, the author evokes past and present with a sense of the ironies of history, following the tea trade from its origins in the Canton factories through the Opium Wars and the settlement of British India, to its influence in the present day. The book was shortlisted for the 1990 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award.

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Prue Goodwin is a lecturer on literacy education and children's books. Having spent many years working at the University of Reading, she is now freelance as a lecturer to education professionals and a consultant to children's publishers.

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ISBN 13 9780099223610
ISBN 10 0099223619
Title The Gunpowder Gardens
Author Jason Goodwin
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1993-05-20
Number of pages 230
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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