Tai-Pan

Description:

"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.

subjects: 19th century,  British,  Fiction,  Historical Fiction,  History,  Fiction, historical, general,  Hong kong (china), fiction,  Fiction, general

Places: China,  Hong Kong (China)

Times: 19th century