Proper noun
Clavell (plural Clavells)
A surname.
You need a good James Clavell novel, I think, to make a good miniseries. Noah Hawley
Cf. http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j33/blackburn.htm. Clavell was reportedly saved, along with an entire battalion, by an American prisoner of war who later became the model for "The King" in King Rat. Source: Internet
Marlowe's ancestors are also mentioned in other Clavell novels. Source: Internet
His ship, with the author's fine feel for nautical niceties, sails in Joseph Conrad territory, through waters since romanticized by the likes of James Clavell. Source: Internet
Following the success of Noble House, Clavell wrote The Children's Story (1981) (an adaptation of his 1964 story), Thrump-o-moto (1985), Whirlwind (1986), and Gai-Jin (1993). Source: Internet
James C, New York, 2 September 81." citation Death In 1994, Clavell died in Switzerland, from a stroke while suffering from cancer. Source: Internet