A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire

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25 Apr, 2006

By Amy Butler Greenfield (Author)

"You'll finish [Greenfield's] book with new respect for color, especially for red. With A Perfect Red, she does for it what Mark Kurlansky in Salt did for ...

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ISBN-10:

0060522763

ISBN-13:

9780060522766

Publisher

Harper Perennial

No.of Pages

352

Dimensions

8 X 5.28 X 0.87 inches

Description

"You'll finish [Greenfield's] book with new respect for color, especially for red. With A Perfect Red, she does for it what Mark Kurlansky in Salt did for that common commodity."--Houston Chronicle

Interweaving mystery, empire, and adventure, Amy Butler Greenfield's masterful popular history offers a window onto a world far different from our own: a world in which the color red was rare and precious--a source of wealth and power for those who could unlock its secrets. And in this world nothing was more prized than cochineal, a red dye that produced the brightest, strongest red the Old World had ever seen.

A Perfect Red recounts the story of this legendary red dye, from its cultivation by the ancient Mexicans and discovery by 16th-century Spanish conquistadors to the European pirates, explorers, alchemists, scientists, and spies who joined in the chase to unlock its secrets, a chase that lasted more than three centuries. It evokes with style and verve this history of a grand obsession, of intrigue, empire, and adventure in pursuit of the most desirable color on earth.

Product Details

ISBN-10

: 0060522763

ISBN-13

: 9780060522766

Publisher

: Harper Perennial

Publication date

: 25 Apr, 2006

About the Author

Amy Butler Greenfield -

Amy Butler Greenfield's grandfather and great