A bold English adventuer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in a mighty saga of a time and place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust and the struggle for power.
About the Author
James Clavell, who died in 1994, was a screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although he wrote the screenplays for a number of acclaimed films, including The Fly (1958), The Great Escape (1963), and To Sir With Love (1967), he is best known for his epic novels. His novels set in the Far East include King Rat (1962), Taipan (1966), Shogun (1975), and Noble House (1981), many of which were made into movies.
Praise
Praise"Superbly crafted...grips the reader like a riptide...gets the juices flowing!" -- Washington Star. "Exciting, totally absorbing...be prepared for late nights, meals unlasting, buisness unattended..." -- Philadelphia Inquirer. "Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking, touching human relationships...a climactic human story." -- Los Angeles Times.
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– Customer review on 22/04/2007
A epic in the truest sense of the word. This is one big novel, historically and culturally rich, full of well-crafted characters and wonderfully crafted plot lines. Perhaps a little to slow and long for some, this book will reward those with an appreciation for detailed writing that takes its time in building up characters, settings and plot. Highly recommended.
A novel based on attempts to trade with Japan, and its closed, low technology society of the time. One man gets caught up in this and held prisoner, hence he must learn how the society operates, the language, and culture, to try and survive. A Michener-like epic, as far as the history goes, and the incredible detail that goes into it, due to the length.
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