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Set in Changi, the most notorious prisoner of war camp in Asia, King Rat is an heroic story of survival told by a master story-teller who lived through those years as a young soldier. Only one man in fifteen had the strength, the luck, and the cleverness simply to survive Changi. And then there was King.
’Breathtaking. Only terms like colossal, gigantic, titanic, unbelievable, gargantuan are properly descriptive’ Chicago Tribune
Over one hundred years have passed since Dirk Struan founded Hong Kong’s oldest trading company. But now, the Noble House is in danger. As Hong Kong itself becomes the deadly…
’Intensely readable and exciting’ Sunday Telegraph
Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler – the Tai-Pan – of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggler, and a master…
’A herculean achievement . . . strong plot and strong characterisation’ The Times
It is 1862 and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and the rival factions plan to restore the Emperor. In Yokohama, the gai-jin, the hated foreigners, seek to profit from the chaos. At the head of the…
THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CLASSIC SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES’Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you’ll enjoy it mightily’ DAILY MIRROR
This is James Clavell’s tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and…
’James Clavell does more than entertain. He transports us into worlds we’ve not known, stimulating, educating, questioning . . . a wonder of detail’ Washington Post
’The author handles the plot with all the confident authority of a ring-master, keeping a half-dozen themes and a formidable cast…