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Description
An explorer in seventeenth-century Japan, ambitious Englishman Blackthorne encounters the powerful and power-hungry Lord Toranaga and Catholic convert Lady Mariko. Reissue.
Memorable Quotes
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““I didn’t know if you wanted his head, or his head on his body seeing he was a barbarian, so I brought the body with the head still on.””
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“How can a man be so brave and so stupid, so gentle and so cruel, so warming and so detestable – all at the same time?”
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““We have a saying that time has no single measure, that time can be like frost or lightning or a tear or siege or storm or sunset, or even like a rock.””
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“Why is it the female hawk, the falcon, is always bigger and faster and stronger than the male, always better than the male?”
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““Listen, if you want peace you must learn to drink cha from an empty cup.””
First Sentence
Blackthorne was suddenly awake.
Table of Contents
Series
This book is in the The Asian Saga The books in narrative order are: series.
This book is in the The Asian Saga The books in published order are: series.
Authors & Contributors
- James Clavell (Author)
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