Tai-Pan
Subtitle: the epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong
By: James Clavell.
Edition: Delta trade pbk. ed.
Series: The Asian saga
Publisher: Delta Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 601
ISBN-13: 9780385343251
Subjects: British -- China -- Fiction; Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction; China -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Tai-Pan
Description: "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!"--P. [4] of cover.