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Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan

ISBN-13: 9781568364285

Contributor(s): William Scott Wilson (translated by), Eiji Yoshikawa (author)

Subject: Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post 1945)

Publisher Imprint: Kodansha Books

Publication Date: 08-10-2012

Format: Hardback

Availability: Out of stock

£35.00

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About the book

In the tempestuous closing decades of the sixteenth century, the Empire of Japan writhes in chaos as the shogunate crumbles and rival warlords battle for supremacy. Warrior monks in their armed citadels block the road to the capital; castles are destroyed, villages plundered, fields put to the torch. Amid this devastation, three men dream of uniting the nation. At one extreme is the charismatic but brutal Nobunaga, whose ruthless ambition crushes all before him. At the opposite pole is the cold, deliberate Ieyasu, wise in counsel, brave in battle, mature beyond his years.