Tai-Pan (novel)

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Tai-Pan

Later edition
Author	James Clavell
Language	English
Series	Asian Saga
Genre	Historical fiction, Novel
Publisher	Atheneum
Publication date	May 16, 1966[1]
Publication place	United Kingdom, United States
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages	727
Preceded by	Shōgun (in chronology of Asian Saga)
Followed by	Gai-Jin

Tai-Pan is a 1966 novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1842 following the end of the First Opium War. It is the second book in Clavell's Asian Saga, and the first to feature the fictional Struan family.