Samurai William - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0340826347 ISBN 13: 9780340826348

Riassunto

In 1611 an astonishing letter arrived at the the East India Trading Company in London after a tortuous seven-year journey. Englishman William Adams was one of only twenty-four survivors of a fleet of ships bound for Asia, and he had washed up in the forbidden land of Japan.

The traders were even more amazed to learn that, rather than be horrified by this strange country, Adams had fallen in love with the barbaric splendour of Japan - and decided to settle. He had forged a close friendship with the ruthless Shogun, taken a Japanese wife and sired a new, mixed-race family.

Adams' letter fired up the London merchants to plan a new expedition to the Far East, with designs to trade with the Japanese and use Adams' contacts there to forge new commercial links.

SAMURAI WILLIAM brilliantly illuminates a world whose horizons were rapidly expanding eastwards.

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Recensione

Giles Milton is a man who can take an event from history and make it come alive. Milton's book delivers that most precious of commodities - fun. He has a genius for lively prose, and an appreciation for historical credibility. With Samurai William he has crafted an inspiration for those of us who believe that history can be exciting and entertaining. (Matthew Redhead, Times Play)

Milton's account of this remarkable life is rich in historical detail. It's a page-turner of a book, a good read, an accessible, well-crafted piece of popularised history. (Allan Spence, The Scotsman)

Giles Milton has once again shown himself to be a master of historical narrative. The story of William Adams is a gripping tale of Jacobean derring-do, a fizzing, real-life, Boys' Own adventure underpinned by genuine scholarship. (Katie Hickman, The Sunday Times)

Milton makes the story a compelling one. Lovingly researched and strikingly written (Time Out)

Giles Milton has been assiduous in searching through all the published sources. This is an attractive book. If it brings more readers to the marvellous story of how West discovered East and East discovered West, that's good. (Anthony Thwaite, Sunday Telegraph)

The subject matter of Samurai William is fascinating. Milton can certainly write, and is at his best when imaging the details of say, London's Limehouse district where "in the half-light of dawn, the dockside looked like the skeletal frame of a wrecked galleon". (James Wood, Scotland on Sunday)

An intensely readable account of the first trading missions to Japan. Giles Milton has managed to provide a complex history lesson in the form of an engaging narrative. Anyone interested in the mysteries of the East or in the cultural make-up of the inscrutable Japanese will find this an engaging read. (Alex Meehan, Sunday Business Post (Dublin))

Milton bring his customary panache to his latest work. This is an author who cannot buckle his swash. The basic story needs little gilding from Milton. Milton, however, gives it added breadth and depth by playing his two major trump cards: research and a clear writing style. Samurai William is swash-buckling in its scale and execution but, like its hero, it has quieter, perhaps more substantial traits. (Hugh MacDonald, Glasgow Herald)

Giles Milton again expertly navigating the eastern seas (Economist)

Giles Milton is a great biographer for the unknown. After his well-liked NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG and BIG CHIEF ELIZABETH he turns his painstaking researcher's eye on William Adams. Milton makes the story a compelling one. Lovingly researched and strikingly written. (Time Out)

Descrizione del libro

Bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG, Giles Milton, takes us on a fascinating Jacobean adventure.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0340826347
• ISBN 13: 9780340826348
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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