New Releases by James Clavell

Noble House er navnet på et af de ældste, største og mest betydningsfulde handelshuse i den britiske kronkoloni, Hong Kong. Årstallet er 1963. Giganten vakler. Noble House balancerer på fallittens rand, og husets tai-pan (leder), Ian Dunross, har præcis en uge til at redde det livstruede imperium. Fra USA kommer finansmanden Bartlett for at forhandle om økonomisk støtte. Men samtidig tager han kontakt med huset Rothwell-Gornt – Noble House’s dødsfjende – for at se, hvem han har størst fordel af at handle med. Pludselig er CIA, KGB og de britiske og kinesiske efterretningstjenester inde i billedet med deres farlige intriger og dødbringende virksomhed. Og nu tager handlingen fart: På én eneste hæsblæsende uge afgøres handelshusenes og de implicerede personers skæbner i Hong Kongs heksekedel af kinesisk mystik og vestlig dekadence. James Clavells ”Noble House” udkom første gang på dansk i 1986. James Clavell (1921-1994) var en australskfødt britisk forfatter, manuskriptforfatter og instruktør. Han var særligt kendt for sine populære, actionfyldte romaner, hvoraf mange udspiller sig i asiatiske kulturer.

Noble House er navnet på et af de ældste, største og mest betydningsfulde handelshuse i den britiske kronkoloni, Hong Kong. Årstallet er 1963. Giganten vakler. Noble House balancerer på fallittens rand, og husets tai-pan (leder), Ian Dunross, har præcis en uge til at redde det livstruede imperium. Fra USA kommer finansmanden Bartlett for at forhandle om økonomisk støtte. Men samtidig tager han kontakt med huset Rothwell-Gornt – Noble House’s dødsfjende – for at se, hvem han har størst fordel af at handle med. Pludselig er CIA, KGB og de britiske og kinesiske efterretningstjenester inde i billedet med deres farlige intriger og dødbringende virksomhed. Og nu tager handlingen fart: På én eneste hæsblæsende uge afgøres handelshusenes og de implicerede personers skæbner i Hong Kongs heksekedel af kinesisk mystik og vestlig dekadence. James Clavells ”Noble House” udkom første gang på dansk i 1986. James Clavell (1921-1994) var en australskfødt britisk forfatter, manuskriptforfatter og instruktør. Han var særligt kendt for sine populære, actionfyldte romaner, hvoraf mange udspiller sig i asiatiske kulturer.

Noble House er navnet på et af de ældste, største og mest betydningsfulde handelshuse i den britiske kronkoloni, Hong Kong. Årstallet er 1963. Giganten vakler. Noble House balancerer på fallittens rand, og husets tai-pan (leder), Ian Dunross, har præcis en uge til at redde det livstruede imperium. Fra USA kommer finansmanden Bartlett for at forhandle om økonomisk støtte. Men samtidig tager han kontakt med huset Rothwell-Gornt – Noble House’s dødsfjende – for at se, hvem han har størst fordel af at handle med. Pludselig er CIA, KGB og de britiske og kinesiske efterretningstjenester inde i billedet med deres farlige intriger og dødbringende virksomhed. Og nu tager handlingen fart: På én eneste hæsblæsende uge afgøres handelshusenes og de implicerede personers skæbner i Hong Kongs heksekedel af kinesisk mystik og vestlig dekadence. James Clavells ”Noble House” udkom første gang på dansk i 1986. James Clavell (1921-1994) var en australskfødt britisk forfatter, manuskriptforfatter og instruktør. Han var særligt kendt for sine populære, actionfyldte romaner, hvoraf mange udspiller sig i asiatiske kulturer.

By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell's Shogun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series! Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part One contains the first half of the complete novel. 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. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne's loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed. Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, Shogun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion. Endlessly compelling, this sweeping saga captivated the world to become not only one of the best-selling novels of all time but one of the highest-rated television miniseries, as well as inspiring a nationwide surge of interest in the culture of Japan. Shakespearean in both scope and depth, Shogun is, as the New York Times put it, ''not only something you read--you live it.'' Also available: Shogun: Part Two

"Here is the world-famous novel of Japan that is the earliest book in James Clavell's masterly Asian saga. Set in the year 1600, it tells the story of a bold English pilot whose ship was blown ashore in Japan, where he encountered two people who were to change his life: a warlord with his own quest for power, and a beautiful interpreter torn between two ways of life and two ways of love"--Provided by publisher.

The epic novel of war, savagery, and survival in a Japanese POW camp by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell Japanese POW camp Changi, Singapore: hell on earth for the soldiers contained within its barbed wire walls. Officers and enlisted men, all prisoners together, yet the old hierarchies and rivalries survive. An American corporal, known as the King, has used his personality and wiles to facilitate trading with guards and locals to get needed food, supplies, even information into the camp. The imprisoned upper-class officers have never had to do things for themselves, and now they are reduced to wearing rags while the King’s clean shirt, gained through guts and moxie, seems like luxury in comparison. In the camp, everything has its price and everything is for sale. But trading is illegal—and the King has made a formidable enemy. Robin Grey, the provost marshal, hates the King and all he represents. Grey, though he grew up modestly, fervently believes in the British class system: everyone should know their place, and he knows the King’s place is at the bottom. The King does have a friend in Peter Marlowe, who, though wary of the King and himself a product of the British system, finds himself drawn to the charismatic man who just might be the only one who can save them from both the inhumanity of the prison camp but also from themselves. Powerful and engrossing, King Rat artfully weaves the author’s own World War II prison camp experiences into a compelling narrative of survival amidst the grim realities of war and what men can do when pushed to the edge. A taut masterwork of World War II historical fiction by bestselling author James Clavell.

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, Shugun 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 hights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.

The new leader of the noble family meets a beautiful French woman in Japan in the 1860s.

It was a simple incident in the life of James Clavell—a talk with his young daughter just home from school—that inspired this chilling tale of what could happen in twenty-five quietly devastating minutes. He writes, "The Children's Story came into being that day. It was then that I really realized how vulnerable my child's mind was —any mind, for that matter—under controlled circumstances. Normally I write and rewrite and re-rewrite, but this story came quickly—almost by itself. Barely three words were changed. It pleases me greatly because I kept asking the questions… Questions like, What's the use of 'I pledge allegiance' without understanding? Like Why is it so easy to divert thoughts? Like What is freedom? and Why is so hard to explain? The Children's Story keeps asking me all sorts of questions I cannot answer. Perhaps you can—then your child will...."

Iran, during the revolution of 1979, is a dangerous place for the helicopter pilots of Noble House and their women.

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.

Lotgevallen van het Engelse hoofd van een grote handelsonderneming in HongKong, zijn Chinese en Amerikaanse concurrenten en een Engelse aartsvijand, tijdens een stormachtige week.