A bold English adventurer; an invincible Japanese warlord; a beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love – all brought together in an extraordinary saga of a time and a place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust, and the struggle for power.
James Clavell’s ShÅgun is a modern classic, a masterpiece of historical fiction that will continue to endure for decades to come.
Shogun: First in a series of five WONDERFUL works This is the first of five excellent volumes in Clavell’s asian masterworks. It reads well, connects well to the following volumes, and is a significantly weighty read all on its own compared to most works of fiction — while the series itself is nothing less than massive and marathon-worthy. Highly, highly recommended.Shogun is an eye-opening window into the world of samurai dominated Japan; the level of intrigue and almost orthogonally different sensibilities as compared to modern…
Thou Thou. There is a term of endearment said between two characters. It somehow encapsulates the entirety of their emotions for each other. Thou also is how I would address the book Shogun. My absolute love for this sublime historical novel of Feudal Japan. Set in the year 1600, one of our protagonists, John Blackthorne, an English Pilot serving aboard a Dutch ship, shipwrecks onto the coast of Japan. And through him we discover Feudal Japan, a land of samurai and ritual, a land where the Emperor…
My favorite novel of all-time Epic historical novel that truly sweeps you off of your feet and takes you to a far away land. Engaging, riveting, gripping, enthralling, powerful, exciting … and all the other words that fit! I’ve read and purchased multiple times.So much has already been written here and so many other reviews already — suffice to say, I love it, will always love it. Instead of detailing more about the story or writing, I’m going to share some of my favorite passages so you can get an idea of…