01026cam a2200217 4500 2851 20181127165927.0 090611r20091976nyu 000 1 eng d 2009291434 034020446x(pbk.) Clavell, James. Tai-Pan 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. British China Fiction. China History 19th century Fiction. Hong Kong (China) Fiction. Historical fiction. gsafd 2284 2284 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC RTCLIB RTCLIB FIC 2022-04-07 5120 FIC 813.54 CLA 30000735 2022-01-03 00:00:00 2018-11-27 FIC