00963nam a22002417a 4500 3480 FISKH 20240312130957.0 240312b cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d FISK eng FISK FISK PS3553.L365 813 Clavell James 1921-1994 Tai-pan / James Clavell Canada : James Clavell, 1966 732 pages : 18 cm O "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. estimates, Lexiles James Clavell ddc BK 0 3480 3480 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC 001 001 SBS 2024-03-12 0 CLA PS3553.L365 813 2024-0302 2024-03-12 13:11:43 1 2024-03-12 BK