The sweeping epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell
“There can only be one Tai-Pan.”
Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world’s largest Far East trading company. He is now the Tai-Pan—Supreme Leader—of all Tai-Pans in China. Along the way, however, he made a powerful enemy. Tyler Brock, Struan’s rival from their early opium-smuggling days, also heads a large trading fleet, second in size only to Struan’s. But it is not only silks and spices that drive their mutual companies’ wealth—the opium trade is still booming. War between England and China might be over, but the hostilities remain. Struan and Brock come to control much of England’s trade with China yet neither can control their desires or their hatred of each other. Over the years, their two families will cross paths, threatening to rip both apart, with reverberations that will echo across the generations.
Struan must fight to save his company and his family, or risk seeing everything he has created destroyed at the hands of his sworn enemy. Ambition, political intrigue, and love and lust weave their way throughout the novel the New York Times called, “grand entertainment…packed with action…with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder.” East and West come together in an opulent and intricately plotted narrative. A tour-de-force of historical fiction, rich in detail yet eminently readable, Tai-Pan will stay with you long after the final page.
© 2015 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781481525015
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 23 juni 2015
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The sweeping epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell
“There can only be one Tai-Pan.”
Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world’s largest Far East trading company. He is now the Tai-Pan—Supreme Leader—of all Tai-Pans in China. Along the way, however, he made a powerful enemy. Tyler Brock, Struan’s rival from their early opium-smuggling days, also heads a large trading fleet, second in size only to Struan’s. But it is not only silks and spices that drive their mutual companies’ wealth—the opium trade is still booming. War between England and China might be over, but the hostilities remain. Struan and Brock come to control much of England’s trade with China yet neither can control their desires or their hatred of each other. Over the years, their two families will cross paths, threatening to rip both apart, with reverberations that will echo across the generations.
Struan must fight to save his company and his family, or risk seeing everything he has created destroyed at the hands of his sworn enemy. Ambition, political intrigue, and love and lust weave their way throughout the novel the New York Times called, “grand entertainment…packed with action…with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder.” East and West come together in an opulent and intricately plotted narrative. A tour-de-force of historical fiction, rich in detail yet eminently readable, Tai-Pan will stay with you long after the final page.
© 2015 Blackstone Publishing (Ljudbok): 9781481525015
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Ljudbok: 23 juni 2015
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Tom
30 okt. 2020
James Clavell är en mästerlig författare. Vackert berättad roman, med många intressanta historiska detaljer.
Ann Britt
6 aug. 2020
Mycket spännande, intressant att veta hur HongKong blev till! Särskilt som HongKong är på tapeten just nu!
Ulf
1 feb. 2021
Vanvettigt bra 😌
Magnus
28 sep. 2022
Den är lång, om man vill lägga tiden så är Shogun bättre och bör prioriteras🙂
Pheobe
20 apr. 2024
To put it simple; the best book ever, with the best narrator ever!
Martin
10 apr. 2021
Taught me a lot about China and the history of the Hongkong trade, even if the writer has taken some creative liberty, there are certain aspects that turned out to be accurate. The book motivated me a lot because the protagonist is a real stoic. Only four stars becuase of the slightly uncomfortable fetishizing view of asians from the westerners (even though its probably accurate to its time).
Birgitta
21 nov. 2023
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