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James Clavell’s Shōgun (1975) is a novel based on events and figures of 1600 Japan when the Azuchi–Momoyama period neared its end as the Edo period approached its advent. The third book published, but the first chronologically placed, in Clavell's six-volume Asian Saga, it sold by 1980 six million copies worldwide.
Jun 1, 1975 · James Clavell, born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell was a British novelist, screenwriter, director and World War II veteran and POW. ... "Shogun" by James Clavell was a sheer joy to read. It is a fictional story with a Japanese setting deeply influenced by real events. Though none of the characters in the book ever existed, they are based off ...
Feb 27, 2024 · When the Dutch warship Erasmus is wrecked off the coast of turn-of-the-17th-century feudal Japan in the opening scene of FX's new Shōgun miniseries, it sets in motion a sweeping saga of clashing ...
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Dec 12, 2023 · James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. It was on this experience that his bestselling novel KING RAT was based. He maintained this oriental interest in his other great works: TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI JIN.
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The classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell.
Best known for his Asian Saga novels, Shōgun is actually the third novel in the series. Clavell first wrote and published King Rat in 1962, which is said to be based on Clavell's own experiences ...
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Jun 4, 2019 · Shogun (Asian Saga) Hardcover – June 4, 2019. by James Clavell (Author) 4.7 23,164 ratings. Collects books from: Shōgun. See all formats and editions. After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen-Nippon.
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Shogun Series by James Clavell. 2 primary works • 2 total works. Shogun book split into 2 parts. Book 1. Shōgun, Volume 1. by James Clavell. 4.54 · 10,729 Ratings · 397 Reviews · published 1975 · 29 editions. This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic sag… Want to Read. Rate it: Book 2. Shōgun, Volume 2. by James Clavell.
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Jun 20, 2013 · James Clavell, the son of a Royal Navy family, was educated in Portsmouth before, as a young artillery officer, he was captured by the Japanese at the Fall of Singapore. It was on this experience that his bestselling novel KING RAT was based. He maintained this oriental interest in his other great works: TAI-PAN, SHOGUN, NOBLE HOUSE and GAI JIN.
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Jan 1, 1975 · James Clavell. This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world.Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the novel ...
