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Asian Saga Ser.: Shogun by James Clavell (1986, Mass Market)

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SOON TO BE AN FX LIMITED SERIES * A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life. All brought together in an extraordinary saga aflame with passion, conflict, ambition, and the struggle for power. Here is the world-famous novel of Japan that is the earliest book in James Clavell's masterly Asian saga. Set in the year 1600, it tells the story of a bold English pilot whose ship was blown ashore in Japan, where he encountered two people who were to change his life: a warlord with his own quest for power, and a beautiful interpreter torn between two ways of life and two ways of love. The principal figures are John Blackthorne, whose dream it is to be the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, to wrest control of the trade between Japan and China from Portuguese, and to return home a man of wealth and position; Toranaga, the most powerful feudal lord in Japan, who strives and schemes to seize ultimate power by becoming Shogun--the Supreme Military Dictator--and to unite the warring samurai fiefdoms under his own masterly and farsighted leadership; and the Lady Mariko, a Catholic convert whose conflicting loyalties to the Church and her country are compounded when she falls in love with Blackthorne, the barbarian intruder. In dramatizing how a Westerner, the representative man of his time, comes to be altered by his exposure to an alien culture, Mr. Clavell provides a spellbinding depiction of a nation seething with violence and intrigue as it moves from the medieval world to the modern. Praise for Shogun "I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. . . . It's not only something you read--you live it." -- New York Times Book Review "Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking touching human relationships . . . a climactic human story." -- Los Angeles Times "A tale surging with action, intrigue and love . . . a huge cast . . . vast and dramatic . . . stunning . . . savage . . . beautiful . . . an extraordinary performance." -- Publishers Weekly "Exciting, totally absorbing...be prepared for late nights, meals unlasting, buisness unattended." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0440178002
ISBN-13
9780440178002
eBay Product ID (ePID)
154866

Product Key Features

Book Title
Shogun
Author
James Clavell
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Romance / Historical / General, Historical
Publication Year
1986
Book Series
Asian Saga Ser.
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
1152 Pages

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Item Length
6.8 in
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Width
4.2 in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz

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Series Volume Number
1
Lc Classification Number
Ps3553.L365
Reviews
"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 "A tale surging with action, intrigue and love...a huge castâ€¦vast and dramatic ...stunningâ€¦savage...beautiful...an extraordinary performance." Publishers Weekly "I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one....It's not only something you readyou live it." New York Times Book Review From the Paperback edition., "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, "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 "A tale surging with action, intrigue and love...a huge castâ€¦vast and dramatic ...stunningâ€¦savage...beautiful...an extraordinary performance." Publishers Weekly "I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one....It's not only something you readyou live it." New York Times Book Review, "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 "A tale surging with action, intrigue and love...a huge castâ€¦vast and dramatic ...stunningâ€¦savage...beautiful...an extraordinary performance." Publishers Weekly "I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one....It's not only something you readyou live it." New York Times Book Review
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Dewey Decimal
Fic
Dewey Edition
18

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5 out of 5 stars
by seachild123Jan 23, 2018
Great read :) This will become part of your permanent collection.
This is a great read. Grabs u on page one and doesn't let go for another thousand pages or so :) My dog loved the book too. Chewed it into 5 sections. I've kept the 5 sections together for years and re-read it like that. But just noticed the 5th section, the ending, was missing. So had to order a new copy here on Ebay.
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4 out of 5 stars
by grofur.ksufx4hJul 13, 2016
Shogun
Probably on of the best books ever written during feudal Japan time period. Master story teller, James C. best book of the entire series, with Tai Pan being next best. Must read Shogun first though, as it sets up for the other books that follow.
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5 out of 5 stars
by sand341952Mar 03, 2020
Shogun
Awesome novel! Incredible detail with accurate historical content. The love story is beautiful & haunting. The Shogun is magnificent & the Japanese politics & structure is fascinating. Wonderfully written. (I highly recommend the series also). Came quickly, packaged well, in really good condition. Thank you.
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5 out of 5 stars
by sheakleyantique...May 12, 2009
Shogun by James Clavell
Shogun is the story of an English adventurer named Blackthorn. He was the Pilot-Major of the ship Erasmus out of Rotterdam. This was the only ship of a very small fleet that made it all the way to Japan and therefore made Blackthorn the first Englishman to reach Japan. He shipwrecks into feudal Japan and immediately gets invloved with the explosive politics of the day. Japan had a collection of feudal lords known as Daimyos who were led by the Shogun. Based on history, this book gives an intimate look at the samurai culture, the everyday way of life, the politics of the era, military details, history, and much more while telling an incredibly exciting story at the same time. Blackthorn is overwhelmed by the cultural differences of this new country while using every wit he has just to stay alive. He finds, romance, adventure, and all he can handle in this best-selling book. This book is part of a series of historically based fiction books that compliment each other to form a sort of larger story over a very wide time frame. King Rat, Noble House, Tai-Pan, Whirlwind, and Gai-Jin are the other books that complete James Clavell's Asian Saga.Read full review
5 out of 5 stars
by sherrywaltherMar 08, 2022
Best book ever
I have read this book countless times and enjoy it every single time. My brother in law who is Japanese says it is an excellent depiction of Japan during that time and couldn’t put it down.
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