Tai-Pan
Autor James Clavellen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 aug 2019
'Intensely readable and exciting' Sunday TelegraphSet 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, and a master manipulator of men. This is the story of his fight to establish himself and his dynasty as the undisputed masters of the Orient.
'Packed with action . . .
gaudy and flamboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder . . .
grand entertainment' New York Times
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| Paperback (2) | 68.39 lei 3-5 săpt. | +44.50 lei 7-11 zile |
| Hodder & Stoughton – iul 1999 | 68.39 lei 3-5 săpt. | +44.50 lei 7-11 zile |
| Blackstone Publishing – 13 aug 2019 | 153.49 lei 3-5 săpt. | |
| Hardback (1) | 273.91 lei 3-5 săpt. | |
| Blackstone Publishing – 6 dec 2022 | 273.91 lei 3-5 săpt. |
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1982537558
Pagini: 924
Dimensiuni: 136 x 216 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.91 kg
Ediția:Completă
Editura: Blackstone Publishing
Descriere
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, and a master manipulator of men. This is the story of his fight to establish himself and his dynasty as the undisputed masters of the Orient.
Recenzii
Packed with action . . . Gaudy and flamboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder . . . Grand entertainment
Intensely readable and exciting
A fat, gusty . . . historical novel that will most probably sweep the bookstore windows on the strength of its narrative . . . Seduced by excellent period research . . . [with] scenes that hook the reader who will be drawn into this fantasy world like white fumes into a joss pipe
Unforgettable!
Clavell is, as always, a matchless tale-spinner
A fabulous epic . . . that will disturb and excite you . . . A thrilling and enticing tale of adventure and human relationships
Every five or six years there appears on the horizon a book so vast in scope, so peopled with bold, colorful characters, it eclipses other efforts . . . Such a book is Tai-Pan
Intensely readable and exciting
Notă biografică
James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. After the war Clavell worked in the film industry producing a number of successful films including To Sir with Love. He died in 1994.