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Chargement... The Red-Headed Demonpar Dorothy Hoobler
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Adopted samurai Seikei goes to the shogun's palace to view a demonstration of European medicine. Instead, he sees a murder as one of the foreigners dies of poisoning. Another of the foreigners wants to take away the young nephew of the dead man, but the boy is reluctant. He does not speak Japanese, so to keep him out of harm's way, Seikei's foster father tells Seikei to take him to the foreigners' base at Nagasaki. What seems like a simple task soon turns into a dangerous one, for many people seem to want the boy for their own peculiar purposes. Seikei has to use all his ingenuity and daring to carry out his mission and find the murderer as well. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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7th in Series: Samurai Detective
ISBN-10: 149477089X - Paperback $7.99
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (April 3, 2014), 264 pages.
Like other reviewers of The Red-Headed Demon, I'm a longtime reader of Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler's Samurai Detective series which is set during the time of Ancient/Samurai Japan.
Seikei was born the son of a prosperous tea merchant but he'd always dreamed of being a samurai. As the classes in Japan are set by birth, Seikei wasn't likely to become part of Japan's warrior class. But Seikei's curiosity and intelligence draw the attention of Judge Ooka, a well respected samurai also known as the "Sherlock Holmes of Japan". When Seikei assists Judge Ooka in an investigation, he asks and undertakes to adopt the young Seikei.
While not everyone is excited to have a former merchant become samurai, Seikei works hard to show his worth and loyalty. The Red-Headed Demon is the seventh book in the series and marks Seikei's first encounter with a young foreign visitor. Over a century ago, the Shogun's ancestor had banned foreigners from entering Japan. Now, foreigners only allowed in small carefully monitored and guarded areas. So, when the Shogun invites a Dutch trader/physician and his young nephew named Hans to the palace, Seikei is excited to meet these unusual characters. Also invited to the meeting is a Kirishitan priest, a Jesuit and rival of the Dutch traders. When the Dutch trader/physician is poisoned, Judge Ito and Seikei try to ensure the young red headed visitor's safety - but without disobeying the Shogun's orders - which requires Seikei to sneak out of the palace and to the port where young Hans's compatriots are docked. They must avoid the rival traders, unexpected dangers, and overcome their own prejudices.
The Red-Headed Demon is both incredibly funny and an engaging adventure. There aren't that many middle grade books that deliver the same interesting and complex characters in this unique setting. (