Fiction.
Literature.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
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Grande fresque romanesque-historique sur le Japon du 19e siècle.Je recommande vraiment cet auteur australien, a peu près inconnu en France. Il sait vraiment rendre l'histoire asiatique romanesque et palpitante.
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This novel is for you, whoever you are, with deep appreciation - for without you, the writer part of me would not exist.
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The panic-stricken girl was galloping full speed back towards the coast, half a mile ahead, along footpaths that led precariously through the rice swamps and paddy fields.
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"In this life," he said with a chuckle to the evening air, "in this World of Tears, you need a sense of humor, neh?"
Fiction.
Literature.
Romance.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble Houseâ?¦the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern ageâ?¦a beautiful young French woman forever torn between ambition and desireâ?¦Their lives intertwine in an exotic land newly open to foreigners, gai-jin, torn apart by greed, idealism, and terrorism. Their passions mingle with monarchs and diplomats, assassins, courtesans and spies. Their fates collide in James Clavellâ??s latest masterpiece set in nineteenth-century Japanâ??an unforgettable epic seething with betrayal and secrets, brutality and heroism, love and forbidden passions.â?¦
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