Shogun by James Clavell

Shogun by James Clavell

This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, Shugun is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world. Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the hights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.

I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this oneIt's irresistable, maybe unforgettable. Clavell ... creates a world so enveloping you forget who and where you are - New York Times

A huge, exotic, blood-stained canvas - Guardian

James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. It was on this experience that his bestselling novel KING RAT was based. He maintained this oriental interest in his other great works: TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI JIN. Clavell lived for many years in Vancouver and Los Angeles, before settling in Switzerland, where he died in 1994.

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ISBN 13	9780340209172
ISBN 10	0340209178
Title	Shogun
Author	James Clavell
Series	Coronet Books
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	1994-03-10
Number of pages	1248
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