Taipan. Clavell James

Southern China in 1840-1841. European merchants and adventurers first began to penetrate China, fabulously rich, full of dangers and mysteries to the country. These people paid their lives for the weakness, indecision and ignorance of the customs of the East. And at that time, the Englishman Dirk Struan set himself the goal of turning the Hong Kong deserted island into an indestructible stronghold of British power and climb the top of power, becoming the supreme overlord - Typan.