Zusatztext Fiction for addicts . . . A book that you can get lost in for weeks. Not only is it as long as life! it's also as rich with possibilities Informationen zum Autor James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. It was on this experience that his bestselling novel KING RAT was based. He maintained this oriental interest in his other great works: TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI JIN. Clavell lived for many years in Vancouver and Los Angeles, before settling in Switzerland, where he died in 1994. Klappentext Bestselling James Clavell's classic novel of age-old feuds played out in modern Hong Kong - now in stunning new packaging.Bestselling James Clavell's classic novel of age-old feuds played out in modern Hong Kong - now in stunning new packaging. Zusammenfassung Bestselling James Clavell's classic novel of age-old feuds played out in modern Hong Kong - now in stunning new packaging.

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Bestselling James Clavell's classic novel of age-old feuds played out in modern Hong Kong - now in stunning new packaging.

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James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. It was on this experience that his bestselling novel KING RAT was based. He maintained this oriental interest in his other great works: TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI JIN. Clavell lived for many years in Vancouver and Los Angeles, before settling in Switzerland, where he died in 1994.