It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler...Tai-Pan!
Praise for Tai-Pan
"Unforgettable."—Chicago Tribune
"[James] Clavell is, as always, a matchless tale-spinner."—Cosmopolitan
"Every five or six years there appears on the horizon a book so vast in scope, so peopled with bold, colorful characters, it eclipses other efforts. . . . Such a book is Tai-Pan."—Pittsburgh Press
"Grand entertainment...packed with action...gaudy and flanboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder...fresh and vigorous." —The New York Times
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Release date
November 12, 2008 -
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- ISBN: 9780307491572
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- ISBN: 9780307491572
- File size: 3977 KB
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- English
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