Noble House (novel)
1981 novel by James Clavell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the miniseries based on the novel, see Noble House (miniseries). For other uses, see Noble House.
Noble House is a novel by James Clavell, published in 1981 and set in Hong Kong in 1963. It is the fourth book published in Clavell's Asian Saga and is chronologically the fifth book in the series. The "Noble House" in the title is the nickname of Struan's, the trading company first introduced in Clavell's Tai-Pan.
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Author | James Clavell |
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Country | United Kingdom, United States |
Language | English |
Series | Asian Saga |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Delacorte Press (US) Hodder & Stoughton (UK) |
Publication date | April 1981 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 1171 (paperback) |
ISBN | 0-385-28737-2 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 233936182 |
Preceded by | King Rat (in chronology of Asian Saga) |
Followed by | Whirlwind |
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The novel is over a thousand pages long, and contains dozens of characters and numerous intermingling plot lines. In 1988, it was adapted as a television miniseries for NBC, starring Pierce Brosnan. The miniseries updates the storyline of the novel to the 1980s.