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Product Identifiers
PublisherBlackstone Audio, Incorporated
ISBN-101982537558
ISBN-139781982537555
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038656696
Product Key Features
TopicSagas, Asian American, Historical
Publication Year2019
Book TitleTai-Pan
Number of Pages924 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorJames Clavell
Book SeriesThe Asian Saga Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsGrand entertainment...Packed withaction...Gaudy and flamboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sexand murder...Fresh and vigorous., Every five or six years there appears on thehorizon a book so vast in scope, so peopled with bold, colorful characters, iteclipses other efforts...Such a book is Tai-Pan ., A fabulous epic of the Far East that willdisturb and excite you...A thrilling and enticing tale of adventure and humanrelationships...Dramatic episodes, exotic vignettes, and heady descriptivepassages.
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number2
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition
SynopsisThe sweeping epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell "There can only be one Tai-Pan." Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world's largest Far East trading company. He is now the Tai-Pan--Supreme Leader--of all Tai-Pans in China. Along the way, however, he made a powerful enemy. Tyler Brock, Struan's rival from their early opium-smuggling days, also heads a large trading fleet, second in size only to Struan's. But it is not only silks and spices that drive their mutual companies' wealth--the opium trade is still booming. War between England and China might be over, but the hostilities remain. Struan and Brock come to control much of England's trade with China yet neither can control their desires or their hatred of each other. Over the years, their two families will cross paths, threatening to rip both apart, with reverberations that will echo across the generations. Struan must fight to save his company and his family, or risk seeing everything he has created destroyed at the hands of his sworn enemy. Ambition, political intrigue, and love and lust weave their way throughout the novel the New York Times called, "grand entertainment...packed with action...with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder." East and West come together in an opulent and intricately plotted narrative. A tour-de-force of historical fiction, rich in detail yet eminently readable, Tai-Pan will stay with you long after the final page., "There can only be one Tai-Pan ." Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world's largest Far East trading company. He is now the Tai-Pan --Supreme Leader--of all Tai-Pans in China. Along the way, however, he made a powerful enemy. Tyler Brock, Struan's rival from their early opium-smuggling days, also heads a large trading fleet, second in size only to Struan's. But it is not only silks and spices that drive their mutual companies' wealth--the opium trade is still booming. War between England and China might be over, but the hostilities remain. Struan and Brock come to control much of England's trade with China yet neither can control their desires or their hatred of each other. Over the years, their two families will cross paths, threatening to rip both apart, with reverberations that will echo across the generations. Struan must fight to save his company and his family, or risk seeing everything he has created destroyed at the hands of his sworn enemy. Ambition, political intrigue, and love and lust weave their way throughout the novel the New York Times called, "grand entertainment...packed with action...with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder." East and West come together in an opulent and intricately plotted narrative. A tour-de-force of historical fiction, rich in detail yet eminently readable, Tai-Pan will stay with you long after the final page.
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- 14. Sep. 2024
Lengthy, but always moving.
Actually, read Tai-Pan back in the late 1970's (I had just finished reading Shogun). Advance over 40 years later and I finally got around to reading Gai-Jin, which is the "sequel" to Tai-Pan. I've decided to refresh my memory, so I purchased a fresh copy of Tai-Pan to read again, in the not so distant future. Have read 4 out of the 6 from Clavell's "Asian Saga", while long reads, they do keep my interest.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
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