The gunpowder gardens: Travels through India and China in search of tea

by Jason Goodwin

Book Overview

Jason Goodwin takes the reader on an adventurous journey through the serpentine paths of the tea trade-from China to India to London. Evoking both past and present in this lively and intriguing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Misc. Supplies
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0701136200
• ISBN13: 9780701136208
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I'm surprised that this is out of print

I read this book when it first came out, and I really loved it. I still refer to the facts I learned within; just last week I was explaining Lapsang Souchong to an Irishman. I was left feeling that I knew Mr. Goodwin, and contemplated finding him and making him my husband, primarily so we could travel together.

OUTSTANDING! Grab a teapot & BUY THIS BOOK!

This book is WONDERFUL! Be forewarned, however: you WILL begin to guzzle litre after litre of tea during the reading of this book. Mr. Goodwin gives an absolutely wonderful first-person account of his often hilarious travels investigating the tea trade, from its' beginnings in Canton to the present day. A MUST for anyone who loves tea - and I'd rate Mr. Goodwin's writing style on a par with Pico Iyer's. A good read, full of humour and information...