Tai-Pan: a novel of Hong Kong
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Asian saga (James Clavell) volume 2.
Published:
New York : Atheneum, 1966.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
594 pages : maps (on lining paper) ; 22 cm
Status:
Description
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!
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FICTION Clavell, James
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English
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Description
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!
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APA Citation (style guide)
Clavell, J. (1966). Tai-Pan: a novel of Hong Kong. Atheneum.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Clavell, James. 1966. Tai-Pan: A Novel of Hong Kong. Atheneum.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Clavell, James, Tai-Pan: A Novel of Hong Kong. Atheneum, 1966.
MLA Citation (style guide)Clavell, James. Tai-Pan: A Novel of Hong Kong. Atheneum, 1966.
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