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Noble House

The Epic Novel of Modern Hong Kong: The Asian Saga, Book 5

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Noble House

By: James Clavell
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
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The epic novel of espionage, betrayal and turbulence in 1960s Hong Kong by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell

Taking place over the course of an eventful week in 1963 Hong Kong, James Clavell’s Noble House is a masterfully woven novel of true suspense.

Ian Dunross, the current tai-pan of the illustrious yet financially troubled Struan empire, is racing to undo the damage his predecessor left behind and to once again stand on stable ground. And he’ll do whatever it takes—including striking a hard-fought deal with an American millionaire. But his rival, Quillan Gornt, has other plans. Suddenly caught in a dubious plot involving Soviet spies, Hong Kong’s criminal underground, and the hostile takeover of his company, Dunross holds nothing back in the fight for the Noble House.

Espionage, mayhem, and high-stakes betrayals make Noble House Clavell’s most prolific and imaginatively crafted narrative in the Asian Saga.

©1981 James Clavell (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genre Fiction Historical Political Romance Suspense Thriller & Suspense Espionage China Fiction

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solid story telling and the characters are amazing as well. I would deff recommend

amazing

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Read this at 15, and I still love it!
The legends, the culture of HK and its multicultural inhabitants…Clavellina made the Far East come alive in a way no author has done before or since.

Best Story of a Hong Kong that was…

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The miniseries is good but this is GREAT!!!
so much more nuance and delving into character motivations

better than Pierce Brosnan!

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As a kid, I saw the Miniseries, starring Pierce Brosnan, and it's one of my favorite miniseries produced. As I was listening to the book, I could imagine the actors as the narrator read the story.

Good Book and Miniseries

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He has a way of creating such an amazing story I always find myself trying to listen to a couple more minutes each night before I go to bed

Love his books.

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the narrator is excellent as usual. Very glad that the novel brings you to date on things that happen in previous books. The characters are more solid. The change in tone of characters is done professionally without any stereotypes.

Modern yet based in the past

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First of all, Shogun and Taipan are in a different league, in my opinion. With that in mind, I really enjoyed Noble House, as an exciting and interesting yarn. The characters and history create a sense of reality, although the timeline is pretty incredible. A great read, and a good listen. the reader took a chapter or two, but did well, especially with the multitude of both Asian and European voices.

Awesome, though not clavell's best.

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This book started out a little slow for me but it more than made up for it by the end. It did a great job of filling out all the characters. My favorite parts were all the tidbits from the other previous books. It was so great to hear their names mentioned again.

Continuingly happy with this series!

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great narration. he does a great job of giving all of the characters life. the story gets a bit technical regarding some of the business dealings and I found that hard to follow at times but the author does a pretty good job of helping the reader along.

A great story and a fitting end to the Asia series

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Such a great book and the narration is amazing. I loved it so much. I’m still in awe of how good it was. I’m completely enthralled with the story. I wish it would go on forever.

Outstanding!

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