Clavell James   1921-1994  <br/><br/>
Tai-pan /  
James Clavell  
 - Canada :   James Clavell,   1966  
 - 732 pages :   18 cm  
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<br/><br/> "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!"--P. [4] of cover. 
<br/><br/> estimates,   Lexiles  
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3553.L365  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813