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Anjin : the life and times of samurai William Adams as seen through Japanese eyes /
The year is 1600. It is April and Japan's iconic cherry trees are in full flower. A battered ship drifts on the tide into Usuki Bay in southern Japan. On board, barely able to stand, are twenty-three Dutchmen and one Englishman, the remnants of a fleet of five ships and 500 men that had set out...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Folkestone, Kent :
Renaissance Books,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Plate section faces; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Prologue; 1 The Lure of the East; 2 Life or Death; 3 Life or Death; 4 The Shogun Decides; 5 The Battle of Sekigahara; 6 The Shogun's Adviser; 7 An Exceptional Honour; 8 Samurai Life and Nuptials; 9 The Battle for Naval Supremacy; 10 Trade with the Dutch; 11 A Toehold for the Spanish; 12 Betrayed; 13 A Welcome for the English; 14 An Agonizing Decision; 15 A Political Earthquake; 16 Private Disgrace and Company Debt; 17 War and Death; 18 Epilogue; Afterword; Bibliography; Index