Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Milton, Giles

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ISBN 10: 0142003786 ISBN 13: 9780142003787

Casa editrice: Penguin Group USA, 2003

Riassunto

Vividly recreates England's first encounter with Japan, an exotic country that had been inaccessible to foreigners for years, which was brought about when a stranded English mariner named William Adams assimilated himself into Japanese culture and profoundly impacted the Shogun's decision to open his country to the world. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"Adams’s story is a grand one . . . [and] in Samurai William Giles Milton presents it with gusto." —Jonathan Spence, The New York Review of Books

"Vivid, scrupulously researched . . . It is a sheer pleasure to read." —The New York Times Book Review

L'autore:

Giles Milton is the author of The Riddle and the Knight, a critically acclaimed history of the explorer Sir John Mandeville.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Group USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0142003786
• ISBN 13: 9780142003787
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368