Shōgun

First published: 1975

Description

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

Subjects

Fiction History Historical fiction Fiction in English Warlords Samurai British in Japan Adventure ficiton Catholic Church Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Fiction Motion pictures Fiction, historical, general

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