Part Two Of Three PartsThe sequel to TAI-PAN, this is the sixth in Clavell's Asian saga. It takes place in the 1860s. The Gai-Jin, foreigners, have arrived to do business with the Japanese. The mighty Stuan shipping empire, Noble House, has built a base in Yokohama and the new Tai-Pan, 20-year-old Malcolm Stuan, stands ready to take over. Attacked first by samurai assassins, he finds he must fight others, Japanese and foreigners, to keep and build his family's fortune. He meets a young French woman and their lives intertwine in a land torn apart by greed, idealism, and terror. As they mingle with monarchs, diplomats, courtesans and spies, their story seethes with betrayal and secrets, brutality and heroism, love and forbidden passions."Engrossing...entertaining...the broad portrait is accurate and as colorful as an ancient kabuki play." (People)
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Gai-Jin Part 2 Of 3
Part Two Of Three PartsThe sequel to TAI-PAN, this is the sixth in Clavell's Asian saga. It takes place in the 1860s. The Gai-Jin, foreigners, have arrived to do business with the Japanese. The mighty Stuan shipping empire, Noble House, has built a base in Yokohama and the new Tai-Pan, 20-year-old Malcolm Stuan, stands ready to take over. Attacked first by samurai assassins, he finds he must fight others, Japanese and foreigners, to keep and build his family's fortune. He meets a young French woman and their lives intertwine in a land torn apart by greed, idealism, and terror. As they mingle with monarchs, diplomats, courtesans and spies, their story seethes with betrayal and secrets, brutality and heroism, love and forbidden passions."Engrossing...entertaining...the broad portrait is accurate and as colorful as an ancient kabuki play." (People)
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