For a great tale about the British Empire, the founding of Hong Kong and the opium trade, look no further than James Clavell’s historical novel, Tai-Pan, the perfect distraction at the moment to the daily commute into Waterloo.
The main character is a Scottish merchant called Dirk Struan, whose tale is interwoven beautifaully with a historical and economical narrative about life in The Orient in Victorian times.






















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