TAI-PAN
Author: James Clavell
ISBN: 978-0340750698
Price: Rs. 664.05 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
'Intensely readable and exciting' Sunday TelegraphSet 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
Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 688 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-0340750698.
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.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Ages 6–10 / Early Readers
- Language & Format
- English • Images in this review
- ISBN Reference
- 978-0340750698
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Pan-India Delivery
- Dispatches in 24–48 Hours across India
What is this book about?
'Intensely readable and exciting' Sunday TelegraphSet 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...
Who should read this book?
Ideal for young readers, parents, and elementary school students looking for an engaging, humor-filled adventure that builds reading confidence and vocabulary.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll be swept into a world of ambition, danger, and high-stakes power as Hong Kong is born from chaos. Tai-Pan delivers larger-than-life characters, ruthless rivalries, and nonstop intrigue, all set against a vividly drawn historical backdrop. If you love immersive storytelling with action, strategy, and moral complexity, this epic will keep you hooked from the first page to the last.
- Published by Hodder Paperbacks.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 688.
Catalog Description
'Intensely readable and exciting' Sunday TelegraphSet 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
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