In 1841, Dirk Struan, the ruthless "tai-pan" of the trading house Noble House, fights to found the new colony of Hong Kong and secure his family's fortune against pirates, rival traders, plague, and the vengeful Brock family.
Books mentioned in Tai-Pan (2)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare: “I also gave him a Bible and warned him against loose women and drunkenness and gambling and read out the piece of Will Shakespeare's Hamlet about 'neither a borrower nor a lender be' and made the lad write it down and put it in the cover of the Good Book.”
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: “She would have said Romeo and Juliet, but that would have been stupid for she knew that her husband would see instantly through her purpose.”
Books that mention Tai-Pan (1)
The Disappearers by Marlon James: “somebody loaned him Tai-Pan in second form”