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Tai-Pan is a 1966 novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1842 following the end of the First Opium War. It is the second book in Clavell's Asian Saga, and the first to feature the fictional Struan family.
Tai-Pan: Directed by Daryl Duke. With Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, John Stanton, Tim Guinee. Historical fiction set against the backdrop of Hong Kong in its early years of British rule.
Tai-Pan is a 1986 adventure drama film directed by Daryl Duke, loosely based on James Clavell's 1966 novel of the same name. While many of the same characters and plot twists are maintained, a few smaller occurrences are left out.
Sep 1, 1986 · Tai-Pan (Asian Saga) Mass Market Paperback – September 1, 1986. It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland.
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.
East and West come together in an opulent and intricately plotted narrative. A tour-de-force of historical fiction, rich in detail yet eminently readable, Tai-Pan will stay with you long after the final page.
Aug 13, 2019 · Tai-Pan (The Asian Saga) (Asian Saga, 2) Paperback – Unabridged, August 13, 2019. The sweeping epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell. "There can only be one Tai-Pan."
My introduction to James Clavell was Tai-Pan and the unforgettable characters of Dirk Struan and Tyler Brock. It is the first book in his Asian Saga series.
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Sep 18, 2018 · Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world’s largest Far East trading company. He is now the Tai-Pan —Supreme Leader—of all...
“Tai-pan” was Chinese for “supreme leader.” In a company or army or fleet or nation there is only one such man — he who wields the real power. “Aye,” Struan said.
