The Ronin's Mistress: A Novel of Feudal Japan - Brossura

Rowland, Laura Joh

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1250015235 ISBN 13: 9781250015235

Casa editrice: Minotaur Books, 2012

Riassunto

The Ronin's Mistress is a brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from Laura Joh Rowland--an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politician's ear for intrigue." --The New York Times Book Review

Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide?

Sano Ichiro, demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend--while his own fortunes hang in the balance.

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Recensione:

"Masterful." --"Publishers Weekly" (starred review) on "The Cloud Pavilion

""An exercise in pure entertainment." --"The Washington Post "on" The Fire Kimono

""[Rowland's] Japan is a mix of Kabuki theater-like stylized formality, palace intrigue, and physical action that would do a martial arts movie proud." --"The New Orleans Times-Picayune" on "The Snow Empress

""Sano may carry a sword and wear a kimono, but you'll immediately recognize him as an ancestor of Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade." " --The Denver Post"

L'autore:

LAURA JOH ROWLAND is the author of fourteen previous Sano Ichiro mysteries. The Fire Kimono was named one of the Wall Street Journal's "Five Best Historical Mystery Novels"; and The Snow Empress and The Cloud Pavilion, were among Publishers Weekly's Best Mysteries of the Year. She lives in New York City.

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• Editore: Minotaur Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1250015235
• ISBN 13: 9781250015235
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 324