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Shōgun

novel by Clavell

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  • James Clavell
    In James Clavell: Asian Saga novel series

    …the Asian Saga were bestsellers, Shōgun was the standout. The novel offers a fictionalized account of navigator William Adams, who was the first Englishman to set foot in Japan and became the trusted adviser of Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Clavell was inspired to write the novel after coming upon an…

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