Samurai William The Englishman Who Opened Japan

Name: Samurai William The Englishman Who Opened Japan
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ISBN: 9780142003787

ISBN-10: 0142003786

ISBN-13: 9780142003787

Edition: N/A

Authors: Giles Milton

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With all the adventure, derring-do, and bloodcurdling battle scenes of his earlier book, Nathaniels Nutmeg, acclaimed historian Giles Milton dazzles readers with the true story of William Adamsthe first Englishman to set foot in Japan (and the inspiration for James Clavells bestselling novel Shogun). Beginning with Adamss startling letter to the East India Company in 1611more than a decade after hed arrived in JapanSamurai Williamchronicles 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 Williampresents a unique glimpse of Japan before it once again closed…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.242

Giles Milton is the author, most recently, of the critically acclaimed Nathaniel's Nutmeg (FSG, 1999). He lives in London.