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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 taipan. Clavell also authored such screenplays as those for the fly. Clavell is a historical fiction writer, as to asian culture, like louis lamour is to western writing. Oct 05, 1995 james clavell, born charles edmund dumaresq clavell was a british novelist, screenwriter, director and world war ii veteran and pow. James clavell 10 october 19241 6 september 1994, born charles edmund dumaresq clavell, was an australianborn british later naturalized american novelist, screenwriter, director and world war ii veteran and prisoner of war. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. Noble house isbn 9780440164845 pdf epub james clavell. James clavell ebooks epub and pdf downloads ebookmall. Somehow it slipped my mind to check out the rest of james clavells work until just recently when i was skimming through a used book store and happened across taipan and noble house.
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