Tai-Pan: the epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong

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Delta Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date:
2009
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Delta trade pbk. ed
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English
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"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.
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9780385343251
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