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100 1 _aClavell, James.
240 1 0 _aTai-Pan
245 1 0 _aTai-Pan :
_bthe epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong /
_cJames Clavell.
260 _aLondon :
_bCoronet Paperback,
_c1994.
300 _a728 p. ;
_c23 cm.
520 _a""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.
650 0 _aBritish
_zChina
_vFiction.
651 0 _aChina
_xHistory
_y19th century
_vFiction.
651 0 _aHong Kong (China)
_vFiction.
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
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