Shōgun
a novel of Japan
by James Clavell · 1975
Popularity 85
Starting with his shipwreck on alien shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the heights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.
FictionHistoryHistorical fictionFiction in EnglishWarlordsSamuraiBritish in JapanAdventure ficitonCatholic ChurchJapan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- FictionMotion picturesFiction, historical, general