Shogun: The First Novel of the Asian saga: A Novel of Japan - Softcover

Clavell, James

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9780340209172: Shogun: The First Novel of the Asian saga: A Novel of Japan

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ISBN 10: 0340209178 ISBN 13: 9780340209172

Publisher: Coronet, 1994

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This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, Shugun is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world.

Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the hights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.

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I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. It's irresistable, maybe unforgettable. Clavell ... creates a world so enveloping you forget who and where you are (New York Times)

A huge, exotic, blood-stained canvas (Guardian)

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James Clavell's most famous and best-loved novel...

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