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Shogun by James Clavell Editorial Reviews Synopsis:
An explorer in seventeenth-century Japan, ambitious Englishman Blackthorne encounters the powerful and power-hungry Lord Toranaga and Catholic convert Lady Mariko.
The publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. "A bold English adventuer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in a mighty saga of a time and place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust and the struggle for power.
"Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking, touching human relationships...a climactic human story." -- Los Angeles Times.
From the Back Cover:
"Superbly crafted...grips the reader like a riptide...gets the juices flowing!" -- Washington Star.
"Exciting, totally absorbing...be prepared for late nights, meals unlasting, business unattended..." -- Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking, touching human relationships...a climactic human story." -- Los Angeles Times.
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