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 (Asian Saga, #2)
genres: Asia, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Japan, China, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 51388
places: Hong Kong
series: Asian Saga: Publication Order, Asian Saga: Chronological Order
publisher: Dell