![]() ![]() His task is both difficult and dangerous - the British are still regarded as enemies by the Chinese and exporting tea bushes carries the death sentence. But Robert conceals his secret motives - to spy for the British forces, newly victorious in the recent Opium War. Desperate to shield her from scandal, Marys 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. A forbidden love An unforgettable tale set in Victorian London and 1840s China from a shining, young historical talent. But Robert conceals his A disgraced woman. ![]() ![]()
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