Tai-Pan would be a great read for those interested in historical fiction. The book is filled with action, drama, sex, and murder which will keep the readers engaged throughout. The story follows Dirk Struan, the Tai-Pan, and his struggle to establish his trading company as the most powerful one in the Orient. The book depicts the piracy, opium smuggling, and master manipulation of men in a grand way.

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An Alternate Cover of this edition can be found here.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.

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