num_pages: 734
description: An Alternate Cover of this edition can be found here.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.
language: English
title: Tai-Pan
titlecomplete: Tai-Pan
genres: Fiction, Japan, China, Classics, Historical, Asia, Historical Fiction, Literature, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 51390
places: Hong Kong
series: Asian Saga: Chronological Order, Asian Saga: Publication Order
publisher: Dell