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