Second in the Asian Saga.
James Clavell's novel of 19th Century Hong Kong.
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, a master manipulator of men, a ruthless intriguer and mighty lover.
