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Tai-Pan (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #2)

James Clavell

Paperback | Pages: 734 pages

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Title	:	Tai-Pan (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #2)
Author	:	James Clavell
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Reprint
Pages	:	Pages: 734 pages
Published	:	September 1st 2009 by Dell (first published 1966)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. China. Adventure. Asia. Classics

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Set 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.

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Original Title:	Tai-Pan
ISBN:	0440184622 (ISBN13: 9780440184621)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Asian Saga: Chronological Order #2, Asian Saga: Publication Order #2
Setting:	Hong Kong,1841

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Having begun with King Rat, I proceeded to work my way through most of James Clavell's Asian Saga before running out of steam - and interest - with the overly-long and rather lacklustre Whirlwind; and of them all, Tai-Pan was my favorite. Shogun was fantastic, mysterious, complex, cruel, violent, erotic, dressed with elaborate manners and rituals, alien thought patterns, ironclad honor, smelly Europeans, the whole works - but it didn't have the Struans versus the Brocks, which crackling, bloody,

This book is an absolute masterpiece! Every sentence, every word was on its right place. The portraits of the characters were unique, intriguing, perfectly built and there wasnt even a moment, when the plot was boring. I cant even think of a flaw.I loved the story of the hatred between the rivals Dirk and Brok and the way their children are included in it, the love between Dirk and Mei-Mei, the clash of different cultures and political views and of course the cruel fight for the title Tai-Pan.

My first Clavell read was Shogun - that was good. Not great, but good - I remember being engaged, interested enough in the subject matter, the way the plot developed. Years passed and I tried Gai-jin - I only finished that because I constantly hoped that even turn of the page would somehow bring about the book's miraculous redemption. Far from redeeming itself, that book actually got worse as it progressed. Because I had heard that Tai-pan was better than Gai-jin, I gave it a try this week. Not

***MOVIE ADDENDUM ADDED SEPT 13th, 2014***Joss was a Chinese word that meant Luck and Fate and God and the devil combined. Hong Kong was just a cluster of fishing villages when the English traders arrived in 1841. The port quickly proved a safe haven to ships even impervious to Typhoons.Dirk Lochlin Struan is a Scotsman who has spent a good part of his adult life in the orient amassing a fleet of clipper ships and a great fortune. He is called the Tai-Pan. He has made his own joss by being

In this book, subsequent to Shogun, we see much of Clavell's brilliance in bringing the founding of Hong Kong to life. Tai-Pan is a character much like the Anjin-san, and the complexity and action is very good. I rate this 5-stars, but then I do rate Shogun as Ten-Stars.Definitely a masterpiece.

I've read this before & really liked it, but it is even better as an audio book. Incredible, really. John Lee has great accents & intonations & really makes the book come alive.Clavell is most famous for Shōgun, the first of his Asian series, which was made into a mini series starring Richard Chamberlain. It was excellent & takes place about 2.5 centuries earlier in Japan. Tai-Pan is about the founding of Hong Kong about 1840 & takes place over a period of 6 months. It was

Wow. I felt a shiver down my spine after the last page. This book indeed is as grand and as entertaining as it gets. I do not think I will be able to muster enough words to explain the sensations I felt while reading this awesome novel. It was as if I was there in Hong Kong at the day and age when Imperial England was at its height and grandeur, conquering the seas. All the cunning and strategies involved in maintaining the largest trading company of the time, all the bitterness and rivalries