A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire Paperback - 2006
by Greenfield, Amy Butler
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This colorful account is a richly researched, dramatic, enthralling look thatportrays the color red as a driving force in history and empire since ancienttimes. 8-page color insert.
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- Title A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire
- Author Greenfield, Amy Butler
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2006-04-25
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0060522763_new
- ISBN 9780060522766 / 0060522763
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.28 x 0.87 in (20.32 x 13.41 x 2.21 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004042376
- Dewey Decimal Code 667.26
First line
From the rear cover
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 style and verve this history of a grand obsession, of intrigue, empire, and adventure in pursuit of the most desirable color on earth.