In 1600 Adams was the first English man to step on Japanese shores – one of only nine survivors of a Dutch trading expedition. He became the shogun’s advisor and ship builder, and a samurai. (He is clearly the inspiration for James Clavell’s Shogun too.)
In the Service of the Shogun: The Real Story of William Adams
(author)
£16.00
Edition:Hardback978178914864001/05/2024
Categories: 01. Spring Books 2024: Biographical, Biography, Letters & Diaries, History, Spring Books 2024
Tags: Far East, Japan
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