![]() All as civil war looms over the fragile country. ![]() Starting with his shipwreck on this 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. Both entertaining and incisive, SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world. This is James Clavell's tour-de-force an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. The book and miniseries are loosely based on real-life English navigator William Adams. ![]() Both entertaining and incisive, SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world. The 1980 mini-series starred Richard Chamberlain as John Blackthorne, Toshiro Mifune as Yoshi Toranaga, Yoko Shimada as Lady Toda Mariko and John Rhys-Davies as the Portuguese Pilot Vasco Rodrigues. ![]() ![]()
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