Fast-paced and full of action and intrigue, Whirlwind is an intricately plotted and detailed tale of war, love, and the ingenuity of the human spirit, told by James Clavell, the unparalleled master of historical fiction. · To provide a brief synopsis, Whirlwind continues Clavell’s saga of the Struan’s corporation, a group of Swashbuckling China traders that bridge between the worlds of the West and the East. In this case we are introduced to the Struan’s offshoot S-G Helicopters, headed by Andy Gallavan, who we met earlier in Noble House (don’t worry too much about names here folks, we’re dealing with Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Fast-paced and full of action and intrigue, Whirlwind is an intricately plotted and detailed tale of war, love, and the ingenuity of the human spirit, told by James Clavell, the unparalleled master /5(4).
Whirlwind: The Sixth Novel of the Asian Saga - Kindle edition by Clavell, James. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Whirlwind: The Sixth Novel of the Asian Saga. Buy Whirlwind by James Clavell online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 5 editions - starting at $ Shop now. Clavell effectively portrays the chilling and bewildering encounters when Westernized lifestyle clashes with harsh ancient traditions. This novel, the fifth in what he calls his Asian Series (Noble H o use, King Rat, Tai Pan, Shogun) is certain to be in much demand.
Whirlwind (The Asian Saga Book 6) - Kindle edition by James Clavell. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Whirlwind (The Asian Saga Book 6). In the whirlwind wrath of God upon the infidels in Iran, the rioting madness of political and religious mobs, and the blades of the whirlybirds seeking escape in Gavallan's Operation Whirlwind (by the birds being secretly dismantled and stripped via Jumbo jet freighter), the novel is well-titled. Whirlwind is a novel by James Clavell, first published in It forms part of The Asian Saga and is chronologically the last book in the series. Set in Iran in early , it follows the fortunes of a group of Struans helicopter pilots, Iranian officials and oil men and their families in the turmoil surrounding the fall of the Iranian monarchy and the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini.
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