Struans

"He might be interested in the real stories about the Struans, our founding pirates and the present-day ones."

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

"He might be interested in the real stories about the Struans, our founding pirates and the present-day ones."

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

They're even related, the Struans and the Coopers.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

"How come you know so much about the Struans and Coopers and mistresses and so on?"

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

"But why do the Gornts and the Rothwells hate the Struans and Dunrosses so much, Peter?"

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

"But the Struans and Dunrosses and Gornts have been here for generations," Casey said.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

Then, at long last,/become the tai-pan of the Noble House, all the Dunrosses and Struans notwithstanding.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

He was possessed by it and by a hatred so vast that it swept his mind back to his ancestors, to Sir Morgan Brock whom the Struans broke, to Gorth Brock whom Dirk Struan murdered, to Tyler Brock whom his daughter betrayed.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

It was rather like Romeo and Juliet-except they lived and it made no difference whatsoever to the blood feud of Dirk against Tyler or the Struans versus the Brocks, it just heightened and complicated it.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981

Isobel Yau was the oh-so-secret Eurasian daughter of Robb Struan, the tai-pan's half-brother and cofounder of the Noble House, so we have blood from both sides of the Struans.

Noble House Clavell, James 1981