Asian Saga: Tai-Pan : The Epic Novel of the Founding of Hong Kong (Series #2) (CD-Audio)

from agdturner

West meets East, the English and Chinese in particular at the birth of Honk Kong. A great tale of pirates, trading, war, settling and corruption, this novel has a bit of everything including stories of love and nurture, politics and keeping face. Based upon the place although the characters are m...

from pierthinker

James Clavell's Asian Saga is a wonder of adventure story writing that covers the long history of European engagement with the Far East, especially with Japan and China. The core of the series is the two books Tai-Pan and Noble House which follow the Struan family as they battle for mercantile su...

from kaulsu

2006: It's been more than two decades since I first read this book: it has retained it's readability, still able to transport me to a land I've never been and to a time more than 100 years before I was ever born. Of course, now I will have to continue to reread the entire saga, as will become evi...

from kims-embroidery

One man's desire to establish himself as the dominant trader with China, his struggle to maintain a relationship with his son and a love story all wrapped up in one book. Loved it!

from Pondlife

This is my third James Clavell novel: previously I've read Shogun and King Rat. Tai-Pan is about the foundation of Hong Kong in the 1840s, with the main characters being the families of two Scottish traders. This is another engrossing tale, with Clavell's unique style. Surprising easy to read, ...