Series > Asian Saga
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King Rat
by James Clavell
Powerful and engrossing, King Rat artfully weaves the author's own World War II prison camp experiences into a compelling narrative of survival amidst the grim realities of war and what men can do when pushed to the edge. A taut masterwork of World War II historical fiction by bestselling author James Clavell.
Year: 1962
Genre: WWII: Pacific Theater, WWII: POWs
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell
War between England and China might be over, but the hostilities remain. Dirk Struan and Tyler Brock come to control much of England's trade with China yet neither can control their desires or their hatred of each other. Over the years, their two families will cross paths, threatening to rip both apart, with reverberations that will echo across the generations. East and West come together in an opulent and intricately plotted narrative. A tour-de-force of historical fiction.
Year: 1966
Genre: Far East, Historical
Shogun
by James Clavell
After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom.
Year: 1975
Genre: Action, Far East, Historical
Titles
| Want It | Got It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
 | | | 1962 | King Rat | by James Clavell | WWII: Pacific Theater, WWII: POWs, Asian Saga | |||||
| | | 1966 | Tai-Pan | by James Clavell | Historical, Far East, Asian Saga | |||||
| | | 1975 | Shogun | by James Clavell | Action, Historical, Far East, Asian Saga, Japan | |||||
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