{"product_id":"samurai-william-9780340794685","title":"Samurai William","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1611 an astonishing letter arrived at the East India Trading Company in London after a tortuous seven-year journey. Englishman William Adams was one of only twenty-four survivors of a fleet of ships bound for Asia, and he had washed up in the forbidden land of Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe traders were even more amazed to learn that, rather than be horrified by this strange country, Adams had fallen in love with the barbaric splendour of Japan - and decided to settle. He had forged a close friendship with the ruthless Shogun, taken a Japanese wife and sired a new, mixed-race family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdams'' letter fired up the London merchants to plan a new expedition to the Far East, with designs to trade with the Japanese and use Adams'' contacts there to forge new commercial links.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAMURAI WILLIAM brilliantly illuminates a world whose horizons were rapidly expanding eastwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with Stevensonian gusto ... A revelation * Jane Gardam, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who enjoyed Shogun ... will love this * Lancashire Evening Post *\u003cbr\u003eSamurai William is a great read and fairly romps along * What's On *\u003cbr\u003eA page-turner of a book... an accessible, well-crafted piece of popularised history. * Allan Spence, \u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eGiles Milton has once again shown himself to be a master of historical narrative... a gripping tale of Jacobean derring-do, a fizzing, real-life, Boys' Own adventure underpinned by genuine scholarship. * Katie Hickman, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eGiles Milton again expertly navigating the eastern seas * \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eMilton has brought the era to life, conveying nuances of character and the values of the time. * \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eThe thoroughness and intelligence of his research underpins the lively confidence with which he deploys it. * \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eFascinating detail . . . Milton is good at portraying eccentric characters and the Englishmen's shock at the periodic brutality of the Japanese. * \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733611983191,"sku":"9780340794685","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780340794685.jpg?v=1720000839","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/samurai-william-9780340794685","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}