Autumn Bridge: 2 (Samurai) - Softcover

Matsuoka, Takashi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385339119 ISBN 13: 9780385339117

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2005

Synopsis

In the year 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman sits by the window, watching as enemies gather below and fires spread through the night. As she calmly awaits her fate, she begins to write, carefully setting down on a scroll the secret history of the Okumichi clan…of the gift of prophecy they share and the extraordinary destiny that awaits them. For six centuries, these remarkable writings lay hiddenâ€"until they are uncovered by an American woman, a missionary named Emily Gibson, who arrived in Edo harbor in 1861, in flight from a tragic past. Soon an extraordinary man would enter her life: Lord Genji of the Okumichi clan, a nobleman with a gift of prophecy who must defend his embattled familyâ€"and confront forbidden feelings for an outsider in his midst. Emily, too, soon finds herself at a turning point; courted by two westerners, she knows her heart belongs to the one man she cannot have. But Emily has found a mission of...

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Review:

"Stretching back and forth through the centuries, Matsuoka weaves a timeless tale of intrigue and romance."
--Booklist

"Matsuoka's rich, authoritative storytelling makes this an engrossing read."
--Publishers Weekly

"Offers one of the most impressive feats of storytelling to come along in years.... told in all the rich and exotic detail that made [Cloud of Sparrows] such a delight."
--San Francisco Chronicle Books

Book Description:

'A timeless tale of intrigue and romance' Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0385339119
• ISBN 13: 9780385339117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448