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Servant of the Shogun: Being the True Story of William Adams, Pilot & Samurai

Richard L. Tames

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Description:Having reached Japan in 1600 after a perilous journey, this enterprising young Englishman entered an extraordinary career as a powerful shogun's aid (whose adventures served as a model for the hero of James Clavell's bestseller Shogun & TV miniseries). Based on Adams's diaries & journals & letters of Japanese, English & other contemporary Europeans, Tames, a staff member at the University of London's School of Oriental & African Studies, depicts the era's unrest caused by Japanese factional wars, rivalry between Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch & English traders, & feuding Jesuit & Franciscan missionaries. As interpreter & diplomat at court, Adams successfully represented the interests of the East India Company in the face of Japanese ambivalence toward foreigners. He remained in Japan until his death in 1620, leaving an estate divided between two wives--one in England & one in Japan--& their offspring.--Publisher's WeeklyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Servant of the Shogun: Being the True Story of William Adams, Pilot & Samurai. To get started finding Servant of the Shogun: Being the True Story of William Adams, Pilot & Samurai, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 142

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: St. Martin's Press (NYC)

Release: —

ISBN: 0312016034

Description: Having reached Japan in 1600 after a perilous journey, this enterprising young Englishman entered an extraordinary career as a powerful shogun's aid (whose adventures served as a model for the hero of James Clavell's bestseller Shogun & TV miniseries). Based on Adams's diaries & journals & letters of Japanese, English & other contemporary Europeans, Tames, a staff member at the University of London's School of Oriental & African Studies, depicts the era's unrest caused by Japanese factional wars, rivalry between Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch & English traders, & feuding Jesuit & Franciscan missionaries. As interpreter & diplomat at court, Adams successfully represented the interests of the East India Company in the face of Japanese ambivalence toward foreigners. He remained in Japan until his death in 1620, leaving an estate divided between two wives--one in England & one in Japan--& their offspring.--Publisher's WeeklyWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Servant of the Shogun: Being the True Story of William Adams, Pilot & Samurai. To get started finding Servant of the Shogun: Being the True Story of William Adams, Pilot & Samurai, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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