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A Perfect Red

by: Amy Butler Greenfield (author)

Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780641842658 (0641842651)

Pages no: 338

Edition language: English

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Non Fiction, History, Book Club, Science, Technology, Art, Spy Thriller, Espionage, Art History, Microhistory, Chemistry

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Itinerant Librarian on Books rated it

16 years ago

http://itinerantlibrarian.booklikes.com Itinerant Librarian on Books 3.0 A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire

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Only reason I gave it three stars rather than four is that the prose is a little slow at times. Otherwise, it was pretty good. See my full review over in my blog here.

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willemite rated it

19 years ago

http://willemite.booklikes.com willemite 4.0

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Cochineal was the source of rich red color for centuries. What is it? A question for which Europe had no true answer for hundreds of years. This book tells the tale of the color red, how the color was viewed in society in various periods of time. (An indicator of class distinction, or of harlotry, f...

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