James Clavell
Author
Series
The Asian Saga volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part Two contains the second half of the complete novel. After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen-Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between...
Author
Series
The Asian Saga volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024
Description
By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell?s Shogun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series! Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part One contains the first half of the complete novel. After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place...
3) Shogun
Author
Publisher
Flame
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Starting with his shipwreck on the most alien of 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.
4) King rat
Author
Publisher
Flame
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Set in Changi, the most notorious prison in Asia, King Rat is a heroic story of survival told by a master story-teller who lived through those years as a young soldier. Only one man in 15 had the strength and luck to survive. He was that man.
5) Tai-Pan
Author
Publisher
Flame
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Set in the days of the founding of Hong Kong, Tai Pan is the story of the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. This is the story of his fight to establish himself and his dynasty as the undisputed master.
6) Gai-Jin
Author
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Description
It is 1862 and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and the rival factions plan to restore the Emperor. In Yokohama, the gai-jin, the hated foreigners, seek to profit from the chaos.
7) Noble House
Author
Publisher
Flame
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Over 100 years have passed since Dirk Struan founded Hong Kong's oldest trading compnay. But now, the Noble House is in danger. As Hong Kong itself becomes a deadly playground, rival tai-pans, gather for the kill.
8) Whirlwind
Author
Publisher
Flame
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Whirlwind is the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979: three weeks of fanaticism, passion, self-sacrifice and heartbreak.