{"product_id":"stranger-in-the-shoguns-city-9781501188534","title":"Stranger in the Shoguns City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*Winner of the PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA ';captivating' (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edothe city that would become Tokyoand a portrait of a city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional life much like her mother's. But after three divorcesand a temperament much too strong-willed for her family's approvalshe ran away to make a life for herself in one of the largest cities in the world: Edo, a bustling metropolis at its peak.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith Tsuneno as our guide, we experience the drama and excitement of Edo just prior to the arrival of American Commodore Perry's fleet, which t","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49531369849175,"sku":"9781501188534","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stranger-in-the-shoguns-city-9781501188534","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}