Tai-Pan :
Clavell, James
Tai-Pan : The epic novel of Hong Kong / J. Clavell. - [London] : Coronet Books : Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. - 702 p.
"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!"
034020446X
Historical fiction
Tai-Pan : The epic novel of Hong Kong / J. Clavell. - [London] : Coronet Books : Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. - 702 p.
"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!"
034020446X
Historical fiction