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Tai-Pan
James Clavell
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Description for Tai-Pan
paperback. The bestselling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of readers. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 492.
Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggler, and a master manipulator of men. This is the story of his fight to establish himself and his dynasty as the undisputed masters of the Orient.
Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggler, and a master manipulator of men. This is the story of his fight to establish himself and his dynasty as the undisputed masters of the Orient.
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder Paperback
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
The Asian Saga
Condition
New
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340750698
SKU
V9780340750698
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-97
About James Clavell
James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. After the war Clavell worked in the film industry producing a number of successful films including To Sir with Love. He died in 1994.
Reviews for Tai-Pan
Packed with action . . . gaudy and flamboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder . . . grand entertainment
New York Times
Intensely readable and exciting
Sunday Telegraph
James Clavell is a teller of stories. They are complicated and exciting, and you are desperate to know what will happen to his ... Read more
New York Times
Intensely readable and exciting
Sunday Telegraph
James Clavell is a teller of stories. They are complicated and exciting, and you are desperate to know what will happen to his ... Read more