Clavell
Proper noun
Meaning
Clavell (plural Clavells)
A surname.
Examples
You need a good James Clavell novel, I think, to make a good miniseries.
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.
Marlowe's ancestors are also mentioned in other Clavell novels.
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.
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).
James C, New York, 2 September 81." citation Death In 1994, Clavell died in Switzerland, from a stroke while suffering from cancer.