{"product_id":"scottish-samurai-9780857866158","title":"Scottish Samurai","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Glover arrived in Nagasaki in 1859, just as Japan was opening to the West. Within a few years he had played a crucial part in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate, providing the rebels with war-winning, Scottish-designed warships, and modern arms. Bankruptcy by the age of thirty was barely a setback and he went on to become a pivotal figure in the rapidly expanding Mitsubishi empire, founding shipyards and breweries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs energetic in his love-life as in business and politics, Glover had a string of Japanese mistresses, one of whom inspired Puccini''s \u003ci\u003eMadam Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e. This ''Scottish Samurai'' was to become an adviser to the Japanese government; he also arranged for many Japanese to visit Britain and see the wonders of the industrial revolution, a lesson they enthusiastically absorbed. Today, Glover is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the Japanese economic miracle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a great story; the sort that Bernardo Bertolucci would pay good money for. *  * Financial Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eHis story has been researched impeccably. It is a compelling and human tale of obscurity to renown told colourfully and well. *  * The Press and Journal *  *","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406325129559,"sku":"9780857866158","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scottish-samurai-9780857866158","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}