Tai-Pan
Book 2 of Asian Saga: Publication Order
Language: English
Adventure Asia Asian Literature China Classics Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literature Novels
Publisher: Dell
Published: Jan 2, 1966
Book 2 of Asian Saga: Publication Order
Language: English
Adventure Asia Asian Literature China Classics Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literature Novels
Publisher: Dell
Published: Jan 2, 1966
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.