Noble House

#95 in Historical fiction

Noble House

James Clavell

First published 1981Original language EN

8.08.0 / 10
Score out of 1053 ratingsConfidence 27%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#95 of 183 in Historical fiction ahead of 48% of the category
1,206
Pages
about 22 h
Reading time

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About the book

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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Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.2 across 53 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 8.0 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover8.253 100%

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