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Noble House is a novel by James Clavell, published in 1981 and set in Hong Kong in 1963. It is the fourth book published in Clavell's Asian Saga and is chronologically the fifth book in the series. The "Noble House" in the title is the nickname of Struan's, the trading company first introduced in Clavell's Tai-Pan .
- James Clavell
- 1981
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In the 10th century, no noble house of Alamannia succeeded in founding a ducal dynasty, as the Ottonians did in Saxony or the Liutpolding in Bavaria, though the Hunfridings came closest.
Apr 1, 1981 · Two major Hong Kong companies (Noble House is one) are battling for supremacy in the business world of Hong Kong, which is now separated from mainland China. An American company, PAC-COM, wants to partner with one of them. Noble House is still controlled by descendants of Dirk Struan, who established Noble House in 1841.
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[CP] A confederation of several Germanic tribes who amalgamated in the 3rd century ad. In c .ad 260 they conquered the Roman frontier lands between the Rhine and the Danube, and remained there, despite their defeat by the Romans in ad 357, until the Frankish expansions of the 6th century ad incorporated their territory into Francia.
In the 10th century, no noble house of Alamannia succeeded in founding a ducal dynasty, as the Ottonians did in Saxony or the Liutpolding in Bavaria, though the Hunfridings came closest.
Permanent Elbe-Germanic settlement in Alamannia developed from the later 3rd century, scattered along the upper Rhine and upper Danube, and up the Main and Neckar. Its frequent proximity to the imperial frontier suggests that it grew up under Roman sufferance.
