Tai-Pan

The Epic Novel of the Founding of Hong Kong: The Asian Saga, Book 2

De: James Clavell

Narrado por: Gildart Jackson

The sweeping epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell

“There can only be one Tai-Pan.”

Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world’s largest Far East trading company. He is now the Tai-Pan—Supreme Leader—of all Tai-Pans in China. Along the way, however, he made a powerful enemy. Tyler Brock, Struan’s rival from their early opium-smuggling days, also heads a large trading fleet, second in size only to Struan’s. But it is not only silks and spices that drive their mutual companies’ wealth—the opium trade is still booming. War between England and China might be over, but the hostilities remain. Struan and Brock come to control much of England’s trade with China yet neither can control their desires or their hatred of each other. Over the years, their two families will cross paths, threatening to rip both apart, with reverberations that will echo across the generations.

Struan must fight to save his company and his family, or risk seeing everything he has created destroyed at the hands of his sworn enemy. Ambition, political intrigue, and love and lust weave their way throughout the novel the New York Times called, “grand entertainment…packed with action…with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder.” East and West come together in an opulent and intricately plotted narrative. A tour-de-force of historical fiction, rich in detail yet eminently readable, Tai-Pan will stay with you long after the final moment.

©1966 James Clavell (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Incredible story and narration

I HIGHLY recommend this audiobook!! The writing is fantastic and complex. The narration is Worthy of awards- it's incredible how many characters he is able to embody.

A magnificent story.

The narrator of this book was amazing truly brought all the characters to life. I was riveted to this book didn't want to put it down to do anything else that I had to do I just wanted to read on and on. that's one of the things I love about James Clavell books.

kowtow to Clavell

excellent reading and even more excellent story! very interesting period of Chinese history. I highly recommend!

An amazing story and an amazing reader.

I enjoyed listening to this book, and the story of the Tai pan had excellent pacing. The reader did an excellent job of doing all of the voices making each one unique and memorable. It does have some graphic moments but I think it is very worth the listen.

great history, action, and wisdom!

A great book with action, romance, and a deep dive into Chinese culture and immersive history!

excellent narration

this book only gets better from page 1. narration was extremely well done. only wish it was not over.

Masterpiece and masterful reading.

Another Clavell masterpiece. A truly inspiring and genius narration. The voices of the different characters continue to ring in my mind. Fanatastical, nevermind.

Epic!

Fantastical good, never you mind! (Homage to May-May). Clavell is a masterful story teller. So much historic accuracy was woven throughout this tail, much like Shogun. it was a total pleasure, I didn't want it to end.

Great story and great narration

This is one of my favorites from Clavell, There are interesting characters, compelling plot lines and lots of action. Clavell makes you feel the East-West cultural differences of the era while drawing you into the storylines.

Gildart Jackson does an outstanding job with the narration. There are many characters with a variety of nationalities and he makes it easy to tell them apart, while having an extremely easy voice to listen to,

Oddly thrilling

Narration is dynamic with several impressions of various accents which is seriously impressive. The story is engaging from the beginning. Incredibly long.