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| Price: |
$16.00 |
| Member Price: |
$14.54 |
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| Author: |
Milton, G |
| Publisher: |
Penguin Putnam |
| Format: |
PBK,
368pp |
| Region: |
East Asia |
| Country: |
Japan |
With all the adventure, derring-do, and bloodcurdling battle scenes of his earlier book, Nathanielrsquo;s Nutmeg , acclaimed historian Giles Milton dazzles readers with the true story of William Adams-the first Englishman to set foot in Japan (and the inspiration for James Clavellrsquo;s bestselling novel Shogun). Beginning with Adamsrsquo;s startling letter to the East India Company in 1611-more than a decade after hersquo;d arrived in Japan- Samurai William chronicles the first foray by the West into that mysterious closed-off land. Drawing upon the journals and letters of Adams as well as the other Englishmen who came looking for him, Samurai William presents a unique glimpse of Japan before it once again closed itself off from the world for another two hundred years.
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