Clavell, James. <br/><br/>
Tai-Pan :  the epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong / 
James Clavell. 
 - London :  Coronet Paperback,  1994. 
 - 728 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> ""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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>034020446x(pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009291434 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>British--China--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--History--19th century--Fiction.<br/>Hong Kong (China)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction.