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After the execution of her father, the young and beautiful Lady Asano, who now calls herself Cat, is in grave danger: the powerful Lord Kira's campaign against her family is continuing and she must find Oishi, the leader of the fighting men of the Asano clan. Cat believes he is three hundred miles to the southwest in the imperial city of Kyoto.
Disguising her loveliness in the humble garments of a traveling priest, Cat begins her quest along the fabled Tokaido Road. All she has is her samurai training, her deadly, six-foot-long naginata, and her quick wits. And she will need them all, for a ronin has been hired to pursue her, a mysterious man who will play a role in Cat's drama that neither could have ever imagined. . . .
"Breathtaking . . . Intriguing . . . It reminds us that the Japanese regard eroticism as an art, a skill as cultivated as flower arranging and pouring tea." -- Boston Sunday Herald
Disguising her loveliness in the humble garments of a traveling priest, Cat begins her quest along the fabled Tokaido Road. All she has is her samurai training, her deadly, six-foot-long naginata, and her quick wits. And she will need them all, for a ronin has been hired to pursue her, a mysterious man who will play a role in Cat's drama that neither could have ever imagined. . . .
"Breathtaking . . . Intriguing . . . It reminds us that the Japanese regard eroticism as an art, a skill as cultivated as flower arranging and pouring tea." -- Boston Sunday Herald
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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.
About the Author:
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""
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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- PublisherRandom House Value Publishing
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0517095548
- ISBN 13 9780517095546
- BindingMass Market Paperback
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