Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
726
Language
English
Published
Aug 1, 1982
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
ISBN-10
0340282584
ISBN-13
9780340282588
Description
An Alternate Cover of this edition can be found .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.
Genres
Action & Adventure