Dimensions
132 x 198 x 45mm
'Tai-Pan' is the second novel in the Asian Saga that consists of: Shogun, 1600; Tai-Pai, 1841; Gai-Jin, 1862; King Rat, 1945; Noble House, 1963; and Whirlwind, 1979.
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, a master manipulator of men, a ruthless intriguer and a mighty lover.