Tai-Pan :
Clavell, James.
Tai-Pan : the epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong / James Clavell. - London : Coronet Paperback, 1994. - 728 p. ; 23 cm.
""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.
034020446x(pbk.)
2009291434
British--China--Fiction.
China--History--19th century--Fiction.
Hong Kong (China)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Tai-Pan : the epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong / James Clavell. - London : Coronet Paperback, 1994. - 728 p. ; 23 cm.
""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.
034020446x(pbk.)
2009291434
British--China--Fiction.
China--History--19th century--Fiction.
Hong Kong (China)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.