Paperback, 688 pages
Published July 1, 1999 by Flame.
"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.
A story about the founding of British Hong Kong in China in the early 1800s. I love Shogun, but this one is better. It's in my top 5 books.
