![]() The prize of victory-the island-was something he had coveted for twenty years. ![]() The war with China had gone as he had planned. It was dawn-a drab, chill Tuesday-January 26th, 1841.Īs Struan walked along the main deck, he glanced at the shore and excitement swarmed over him. Surrounding her were the rest of the fleet’s warships, the troopships of the expeditionary force, and the merchantmen and opium clippers of the China traders. The 74-gun ship of the line was anchored half a mile off the island. It is peopled with men and women created out of the author’s imagination, and no reference to anyone, or to any company, that was-or is-part of Hong Kong is intended.ĭirk Struan came up onto the quarterdeck of the flagship H.M.S. Of course, this is not a history but a novel. ![]() I would like to express my thanks to the people of Hong Kong, who gave me so much of their time and knowledge and allowed me into their present and past. “A rousing, roistering giant of a novel.” “A monumental adventure … absorbing … hypnotic … hair-raising.” “The most stirring and exciting historical novel I have ever read!” ![]() ![]() “Grand entertainment … packed with action … fresh and vigorous … gaudy and flamboyant with blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder.” ![]()
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