“A wonderful combination of scholarship and storytelling” – Guy Raz, NPR host All Things Considered.
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With her probing inquiry and engaging prose, Sarah Rose paints a fresh and vivid account of life in rural 19th-century China and Fortune’s fateful journey into it…if ever there was a book to read in the company of a nice cuppa, this is it.
In “For All the Tea in China,” the most eventful era of the tea plant gets the inspired treatment it deserves. – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Pause to reflect that the tea you are enjoying is totally hot — as in, stolen! Nabbed! Ripped off! Nothing more than the subject of international corporate espionage! – Chicago Sun Times
The spy who loved tea. The Express (p1, p2)
The most fun and exciting new book I have read this year. Beijing Today
Rose has done well. – South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
This story is nothing less than remarkable. San Francisco Book Review
Sarah Rose’s history of how tea came to be cultivated outside China reads like an adventure yarn.…That he succeeded, lived to tell tale is nothing short of amazing, Rose does full justice in her appealing book. - Charlotte Post and Courier
The plot for Sarah Rose’s “For All the Tea in China” seems tailor-made for a Hollywood thriller…a story that should appeal to readers who want to be transported on a historic journey laced with suspense, science and adventure.
19th-century industrial spy stole no.1 drink – Associated Press
All hail the hero of tea: A Tempest in a Teapot — University of Chicago Magazine
Read excerpts from FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA at Smithsonian Magazine.
For All the Tea in China releases in North America on March 18, and the reviews are starting to arrive:
A delicious brew of information on the history of tea cultivation and consumption in the Western world…a remarkably riveting tale. Booklist, (starred review)
Journalist Rose is a rarity, an author who skillfully narrates her own lush work, capturing every nuance perfectly. Library Journal, (starred review)
Sarah Rose steeps us in the story of Robert Fortune. National Geographic Traveler
“Written in an engaging and lively tone, Sarah Rose’s book is as much an adventure story as a piece of history.” Catholic Herald
Bloggers are pouring on praise too, people not related to me and not paid to read my book:
You easily picture the movie version with its Indiana Jones for the botany set. Who knew tea could be so…hot? Food for Thought at Barnes&Noble
