Tai-Pan
James Clavell
Dell
Review<p>“Unforgettable!”—_Chicago Tribune<br />_<br />“A fabulous epic of the Far East that will disturb and excite you…a thrilling and enticing tale of adventure and human relationships…dramatic episodes, exotic vignettes and heady descriptive passages.” –_Baltimore Sun  </p><p><em>“Clavell is, as always, a matchless tale-spinner.”—</em>Cosmopolitan  </p><p>_“Every five or six years there appears on the horizon a book so vast in scope, so peopled with bold, colorful characters, it eclipses other efforts…. Such a book is <em>Tai-Pan.”</em>—_Pittsburgh Press  </p><p><em>“Grand entertainment...packed with action...gaudy and flanboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder...fresh and vigorous.” —</em>New York Times_</p>Product Description<p>_<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!<br />_<br />_  </p><p><em>From the Trade Paperback edition.</em></p>