A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

Amy Butler Greenfield

338 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction art history adventurous medium-paced
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A Perfect Red recounts the colorful history of cochineal, a legendary red dye that was once one of the world's most precious commodities. Treasured by the ancient Mexicans, cochineal was sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the...

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