A Perfect Red
Subtitle: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: April 25, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780060522766
Subjects: World - General; Textile Fabrics; History (Specific Aspects); Technology; History - General History; Science/Mathematics; Textiles & Polymers; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Techniques - Color; History / General
First sentence: FORTY MILES WEST OF FLORENCE, IN A fertile Tuscan valley not far from the Mediterranean Sea, lies the serene and sunlit city of Lucca. Known throughout the region for its trade in olive oil, flour, and wine, modern-day Lucca is not much more than a provincial market town, but its great piazzas, Romanesque churches, and medieval towers bear mute witness to a more illustrious past.