Tai-Pan: The Second Novel of the Asian Saga

James Clavell

Jun 2013 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

'Intensely readable and exciting' Sunday Telegraph

Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggler, and a master manipulator of men. This is the story of his fight to establish himself and his dynasty as the undisputed masters of the Orient.

'Packed with action . . . gaudy and flamboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder . . . grand entertainment' New York Times

Ratings and reviews

Historically slightly shaky, but still it's fantastic.

Terrific with poetic turn of phrase. Right up there with Shogun, for me

Thrilling story once it builds up!

About the author

James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. After the war Clavell worked in the film industry producing a number of successful films including To Sir with Love. He died in 1994.