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04-21-2011, 02:27 PM
James Clavelle's "Shogun" is a pretty good "historical novel". Well written. Basically it tells the story of Will Adams (Major John Blackthorn) and Tokugawa Ieyasu (Toranaga-sama) using fictional characters and some great liberties with the actual story, nicely profiling all of the background political intrigue and Japanese cultural stuff. The inevitable "romance" thing in there is pretty improbable for the times...... but hey.... it's a fictional novel.
The original TV mini-series was great too. Incredible period sets. However, there is an edited down version of that series on video that is absoultely and totally AWFUL! If you want to see it... try to find the original; it was five nights of programming.... about 10 hours long. I hav a copy of the program on VHS cassettes. I think it takes five of them.
best,
.............john
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