
wyvernfriend
Written on May 5, 2009
It's an interesting topic and an interesting story, one man who survives in 17th century Japan after being shipwrecked and who becomes more Japanese as time goes by has to then try to cope with dealing with both worlds as Portugal, England and the Netherlands try to get a foothold. This is the second Giles Milton book I've read and he really hasn't grasped my imagination, there seems to be stories that I'd like to read about what's going on that are missing and while this says it's about Samurai William (who is still apparently remembered in Japan) it's more about trading and the English factors who fouled things up badly. Apparently James Clavel's Shogun is a fictionalised account of this.
If you read this be prepared to hunt up some other stuff about the period and what was going on, this left me vaguely frustrated and wanting more and felt light and insubstantial.
If you read this be prepared to hunt up some other stuff about the period and what was going on, this left me vaguely frustrated and wanting more and felt light and insubstantial.