Princess Masako Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne

Name: Princess Masako Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne
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ISBN: 9781585426102

ISBN-10: 1585426105

ISBN-13: 9781585426102

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Authors: Ben Hills

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The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess-with a new afterword by the author. It's the fantasy of many young women: marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turned out for Masako Owada. Ben Hills's fascinating portrait of Princess Masako and the Chrysanthemum Throne draws on research in Tokyo and rural Japan, at Oxford and Harvard, and from more than sixty interviews with Japanese, American, British, and Australian sources-many of whom have never spoken publicly before-shedding light on the royal family's darkest secrets, secrets that can never be openly discussed in Japan because of the reverence in which the emperor…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.96" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Map of Japan


Genealogy of the Japanese Imperial Family


Preface



The Men in Black



Daddy's Girl



Mummy's Boy


The Last Emperor



Magna Cum Laude



The Dreaming Spires


By Royal Appointment



The Pledge



Heir Unapparent



The Hand of God



The Black Dog



No Happy Ending


Epilogue


Glossary


References


Index