Asian Saga: Chronological Order Series by James Clavell

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  • Shōgun (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1)
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    Shōgun (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1)

    James Clavell

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings · published 1975

    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... more

  • Shōgun, Volume 1 (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1, part 1 of 2)
    #1, part 1 of 2

    Shōgun, Volume 1 (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #1, part 1 of 2)

    James Clavell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1975

    This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world.Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the heights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.

  • Tai-Pan (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #2)
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    Tai-Pan (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #2)

    James Clavell

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings · published 1966

    An Alternate Cover of this edition can be found here.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 manipulator of men. This is the story of his fight to establish himself and his dynasty as the undisputed masters of the Orient.

  • Gai-Jin (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #3)
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    Gai-Jin (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #3)

    James Clavell

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 1993

    The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House…the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern age…a beautiful young French woman forever torn between ambition and desire…Their lives intertwine in an exotic land newly open to foreigners, gai-jin, torn apart by greed, idealism, and terrorism. Their passions mingle with monarchs and diplomats, assassins, courtesans and spies... more

  • King Rat (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #4)
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    King Rat (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #4)

    James Clavell

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings · published 1962

    The time is World War II. The place is a brutal prison camp deep in Japanese-occupied territory. Here, within the seething mass of humanity, one man, an American corporal, seeks dominance over both captives and captors alike. His weapons are human courage, unblinking understanding of human weaknesses, and total willingness to exploit every opportunity to enlarge his power and corrupt or destroy anyone who stands in his path.

  • Noble House (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #5)
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    Noble House (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #5)

    James Clavell

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings · published 1981

    The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes—fire, flood, landslide. Yet they are days filled as well with all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong—the heart of Asia—rich in every trade…money, flesh, opium, power.

  • Whirlwind (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #6)
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    Whirlwind (Asian Saga: Chronological Order #6)

    James Clavell

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1986

    Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found herePresents the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak. Caught between the revolutionaries and the forces of international intrigue is a team of professional pilots. They are ordered to flee to safety with their helicopters.

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