![]() ![]() The novel functions very well as both a fictionalized version of the birth of the Hong Kong colony and as a tale of adventure and intrigue. ![]() "It has been at least 25 years since I first read this, and I am pleased to say that it holds up extremely well. This critically acclaimed historical novel is another fine example of Times bestselling author James Clavell’s works have become beloved modernĬlassics. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of anĮnglishman, Dirk Struan, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong intoĪn impregnable fortress of British power-and to make himself supreme ruler: Tai-Pan! Traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese It is the early nineteenth century, when European ![]()
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