SHOGUN : THE FIRST NOVEL OF THE ASIAN SAGA

Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you ll enjoy it mightily Daily Mirror 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. 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 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. I can t remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. It s irresistable, maybe unforgettable. Clavell creates a world so enveloping you forget who and where you are – New York Times