jzacsh@bookwyrm.social reviewed Shōgun by James Clavell
long, entertaining - want to read the next one now
5 stars
Listened to the audiobook. Really entertaining, but dark story.
802 pages
English language
Published May 18, 1975 by Atheneum.
5 stars
(1 review)
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.
Subjects
- Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Fiction