Tai-Pan: The Second Novel of the Asian Saga

The bestselling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of readers.

''Intensely readable and exciting'' Sunday Telegraph

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.

''Packed with action . . . gaudy and flamboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder . . . grand entertainment'' New York Times

• | Author: James Clavell
• | Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• | Publication Date: Jul 01, 1999
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780340750698
• | ISBN-10: 0340750693