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.

Tai-Pan Reviews

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 characters because they are like the people you know from your own life and experience, set in strange and sometimes terrible circumstances * John Simpson *
Intensely readable and exciting * Sunday Telegraph *
Packed with action . . . gaudy and flamboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder . . . grand entertainment * New York Times *

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.

Additional information

Sku
GOR001193352

ISBN 13
9780340750698

ISBN 10
0340750693

Title
Tai-Pan: The Second Novel of the Asian Saga by James Clavell

Author
James Clavell

Series
The Asian Saga

Condition
Used - Very Good

Binding type
Paperback

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Year published
1999-07-01

Number of pages
688

Prizes
N/A

Cover note
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us