description: 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: China, Adventure, Classics, Historical, Japan, Asia, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 51396
places: Hong Kong
series: Asian Saga: Publication Order, Asian Saga: Chronological Order
publisher: Delacorte Press