Tokaido Road: A Novel of Feudal Japan - Softcover

Robson, Lucia St. Clair

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9780345356390: Tokaido Road: A Novel of Feudal Japan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034535639X ISBN 13: 9780345356390

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1992

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Left alone to defend herself from the Lord Kira's campaign against her family, the beautiful Lady Asano disguises herself as a priest and takes to the Tokaido Road where she seduces the assailant hired to kill her. Reprint.

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Review:

A riveting tale of revenge and adventure.
Spectacular, captivating, and transporting."
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Intoxicating . . . Recreates the colorful people, stunning landscapes and arcane customs of feudal Japan."
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Rivals James Clavell's "Shogun..."Robson delights us...She revels in the language and reveals the Japanese as a poetic, witty people."
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Spectacular, captivating, and transporting."
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A riveting tale of revenge and adventure.

Rivals James Clavell''s "Shogun..."Robson delights us...She revels in the language and reveals the Japanese as a poetic, witty people."
"
Breathtaking...Intriguing...Reminds us that the Japenese regard eroticism as an art, a skill as cultivated as flower arranging and pouring tea."
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"Spectacular, captivating, and transporting."--"Cosmopolitan "on" The Tokaido Road"" ""Intoxicating . . . Recreates the colorful people, stunning landscapes and arcane customs of feudal Japan . . . Robson keeps the story moving deftly through the separate worlds of cortesans, warriors, priests, peasants, poets, and actors, with an eye for the complex rules that govern them all."--"San Francisco Chronicle "on" The Tokaido Road

""Rivals James Clavell's "Shogun." . . . Robson delights us . . . She revels in the language and reveals the Japanese as a poetic, witty people."--"The Washington Post Book World "on" The Tokaido Road

""Breathtaking . . . Intriguing . . . It reminds us that the Japenese regard eroticism as an art, a skill as cultivated as flower arranging and pouring tea."--"Boston Sunday Herald "on" The Tokaido Road
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"A riveting tale of revenge and adventure . . . Captivating . . . Meticulously researched. The colorful, complex traditions and culture of feudal Japan are detailed and provide a backdrop for a memorable tale of family honor lost and regained."--"The Pittsburgh Press "on" The Tokaido Road"

Spectacular, captivating, and transporting. "Cosmopolitan on The Tokaido Road"

Intoxicating . . . Recreates the colorful people, stunning landscapes and arcane customs of feudal Japan . . . Robson keeps the story moving deftly through the separate worlds of cortesans, warriors, priests, peasants, poets, and actors, with an eye for the complex rules that govern them all. "San Francisco Chronicle on The Tokaido Road"

Rivals James Clavell's "Shogun." . . . Robson delights us . . . She revels in the language and reveals the Japanese as a poetic, witty people. "The Washington Post Book World on The Tokaido Road"

Breathtaking . . . Intriguing . . . It reminds us that the Japenese regard eroticism as an art, a skill as cultivated as flower arranging and pouring tea. "Boston Sunday Herald on The Tokaido Road"

A riveting tale of revenge and adventure . . . Captivating . . . Meticulously researched. The colorful, complex traditions and culture of feudal Japan are detailed and provide a backdrop for a memorable tale of family honor lost and regained. "The Pittsburgh Press on The Tokaido Road""

About the Author:

Lucia St. Clair Robson was born in Baltimore, Maryland and raised in South Florida. She has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela and a teacher in Brooklyn, New York. She has also lived in Japan, South Carolina and southern Arizona. After earning her master's degree in Library Science at Florida State University, she worked as a public librarian in Annapolis, Maryland. She lives near Annapolis in a wooded community on the Severn River. The Western Writers of America awarded her first book, Ride the Wind, the Golden Spur for best historical western of 1982 and it also made the New York Times Best Seller List.

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