An unforgettable tale set in Victorian London and 1840s China. Desperate to shield her from scandal, Mary's brother-in-law, the ambitious botanist Robert Fortune, forces her to accompany him on a mission to China to steal tea plants for the East India Company- but he has an ulterior motive - to spy for the British forces, newly victorious in the recent Opium War.
An unforgettable tale set in Victorian London and 1840s China. Desperate to shield her from scandal, Mary's brother-in-law, the ambitious botanist Robert Fortune, forces her to accompany him on a mission to China to steal tea plants for the East India Company- but he has an ulterior motive - to spy for the British forces, newly victorious in the recent Opium War.
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