@article{851819, recid = {851819}, author = {Clavell, James,}, title = {Tai-Pan : the epic novel of the founding of Hong Kong /}, pages = {28 audio discs :}, note = {Compact discs.}, abstract = {It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler--Tai-Pan!}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/851819}, }