Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4491 in Books
• Published on: 1976-06-01
• Released on: 1986-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 1210 pages

Review
"Superbly crafted...grips the reader  like a riptide...gets the juices flowing!" --  Washington Star.

"Exciting,  totally absorbing...be prepared for late nights,  meals unlasting, buisness unattended..." --  Philadelphia Inquirer.  

"Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking,  touching human relationships...a climactic human  story." -- Los Angeles  Times. -- Review

Review
"Superbly crafted...grips the reader  like a riptide...gets the juices flowing!" --  Washington Star.

"Exciting,  totally absorbing...be prepared for late nights,  meals unlasting, buisness unattended..." --  Philadelphia Inquirer.  

"Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking,  touching human relationships...a climactic human  story." -- Los Angeles  Times.

From the Publisher
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.

"Superbly crafted...grips the reader like a riptide...gets the juices flowing!" -- Washington Star.

"Exciting, totally absorbing...be prepared for late nights, meals unlasting, buisness unattended..." -- Philadelphia Inquirer.

"Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking, touching human relationships...a climactic human story." -- Los Angeles Times.

Customer Reviews

Great Read
Shogun gives a wonderful picture of 16th century Japan. The character development is excellent and the story is just plain fun to read.

Good stuff
Quite frankly, one of the best books I have ever read, even though the ending disappointed me.

A Classic Epic of Breathtaking Scope
Every two or three years, I have brought out Shogun and reread it which now amounts to about twelve times. Every time, the book takes on new dimensions and tones. The story of John Blackthorne, a Dutch seafarer who makes it across the Pacific to the Japans, is an enthralling and embracing story. One of the most engrossing elements of the story is Blackthorne's struggle with Japan's language and culture. As the embodiment of the stranger in a strange land, we too are taken on this great journey set in Japan's feudal kingdom. The characters are extraordinarily well-drawn. The plotting is intricate. The description of the society is detailed and insightful.

Even if you read it once, you will go on a priceless journey.