Shogun / James Clavell

NOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE, BAFTA AND EMMY-WINNING TV SERIES &#39,Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you&#39,ll enjoy it mightily&#39, Daily Mirror This is James Clavell&#39,s tour-de-force, an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world. Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the novel charts Blackthorne&#39,s rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the hights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country. &#39,I can&#39,t remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. It&#39,s irresistible, maybe unforgettable. Clavell creates a world so enveloping you forget who and where you are&#39, - New York Times