Amy Butler Greenfield

A Perfect Red

Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire

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In the sixteenth century, one of the world's most precious commodities was cochineal, a legendary red dye treasured by the ancient Mexicans and sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the attention of the Spanish conquistadors. Shipped to Europe, the dye created a sensation, producing the brightest, strongest red the world had ever seen. Soon Spain's cochineal monopoly was worth a fortune. As the English, French, Dutch, and other Europeans joined the chase for cochineal -- a chase that lasted for more than three centuries -- a tale of pirates, explorers, alchemists, scientists, and spies unfolds. A Perfect Red evokes with sty… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-052276-6
EAN: 9780060522766
Produktnummer: 2171725
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H20.6 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.5 cm 279 g
Gewicht: 279

Über den Autor

Amy Butler Greenfield's grandfather and great-grandfather were dyers, and she has long been fascinated by the history of color. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in the Adirondacks and graduated from Williams College. As a Marshall Scholar at Oxford, she studied imperial Spain and Renaissance Europe. She now lives with her husband near Boston.