Beschreibung
The bestselling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of readers.
James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. After the war Clavell worked in the film industry producing a number of successful films including To Sir with Love. He died in 1994.