CLAVELL, James.

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Shogun. First edition of the best-selling historical novel, which has "probably conveyed more information about Japan to more people than all the combined writings of scholars, journalists, and novelists since the Pacific War" (Smith, p. xii). It inspired the miniseries of 1980 and 2024 and the musical of 1990.The story is based on the life of William Adams, alias Miura Anjin (1564-1620), the English navigator who reached Japan in 1600 and later became a key advisor to the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu. It is the third and most popular work in Clavell's Asian Saga and was inspired by his experiences during the Second World War, when he was captured by Japanese soldiers and interned at Changi prison near Singapore. The US edition was published on 23 June, preceding the UK edition of 29 September.

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