James Clavell

EL ÉXITO INTERNACIONAL EN EL QUE SE BASA LA NUEVA SERIE DE DISNEY+ La clásica novela epica sobre el Japón feudal que cautivó el corazón de una cultura y la imaginación del mundo, escrita por James Clavell, autor best seller de The New York Times y maestro sin parangon de la ficcion historica.Tras perderse en el mar, el ingles John Blackthorne despierta en un lugar que pocos europeos conocen y menos aun han visto: Japon. Inmerso en la hermetica sociedad nipona del siglo XVII, una tierra en la que la linea que separa la vida de la muerte es muy fina, Blackthorne debe enfrentarse no solo a un pueblo extranjero, con costumbres e idioma desconocidos, sino tambien a sus propias definiciones de moralidad, verdad y libertad.A medida que las luchas politicas internas y el choque de culturas conducen a un conflicto aparentemente inevitable, la pasion y la perdida ponen a prueba a Blackthorne, que se debate entre dos mundos que cambiaran para siempre.La critica ha dicho:"No recuerdo la ultima vez que una novela se apodero de mi mente tanto como esta. Es irresistible, tal vez inolvidable. Clavell crea un mundo tan envolvente que te olvidas de quien eres y de donde estas".The New York Times "Tiene fuerza, vio

EL ÉXITO INTERNACIONAL EN EL QUE SE BASA LA NUEVA SERIE DE DISNEY+La clásica novela épica sobre el Japón feudal que cautivó el corazón de una cultura y la imaginación del mundo, escrita por James Clavell, autor best seller de The New York Times y maestro sin parangon de la ficcion historica.Tras perderse en el mar, el ingles John Blackthorne despierta en un lugar que pocos europeos conocen y menos aun han visto: Japon. Inmerso en la hermetica sociedad nipona del siglo XVII, una tierra en la que la linea que separa la vida de la muerte es muy fina, Blackthorne debe enfrentarse no solo a un pueblo extranjero, con costumbres e idioma desconocidos, sino tambien a sus propias definiciones de moralidad, verdad y libertad.A medida que las luchas politicas internas y el choque de culturas conducen a un conflicto aparentemente inevitable, la pasion y la perdida ponen a prueba a Blackthorne, que se debate entre dos mundos que cambiaran para siempre.La critica ha dicho: No recuerdo la ultima vez que una novela se apodero de mi mente tanto como esta. Es irresistible, tal vez inolvidable. Clavell crea un mundo tan envolvente que te olvidas de quien eres y de donde estas.The New York TimesTiene fuerza, violencia,sutileza y mucho, mucho mas. Clavell nunca se equivoca. Compralo, leelo, lo disfrutaras enormemente.Daily Mirror

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' Daily MirrorThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world.Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the hights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.'I can't remember when a novel has seized my mind like this one. It's irresistible, maybe unforgettable. Clavell creates a world so enveloping you forget who and where you are' - New York Times

From the author of Noble House comes a blockbuster national bestselling masterpiece of Shogun. Clavell sweeps readers back to Japan in the 1860s, where Malcolm Struan, he ir to the title of Tai-Pan meets a beautiful young French woman who will alter the Noble House legacy. Gai-Jin is scheduled to be made into an NBC mini-series in 1995.

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This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, Shugun is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world.Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, the novel charts Blackthorne's rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the hights of trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.

Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also known as the Noble House, into the world's largest Far East trading company. He is now the Tai-Pan--Supreme Leader--of all Tai-Pans in China. Along the way, however, he made a powerful enemy. Tyler Brock, Struan's rival from their early opium-smuggling days, also heads a large trading fleet, second in size only to Struan's. But it is not only silks and spices that drive their mutual companies' wealth--the opium trade is still booming. War between England and China might be over, but the hostilities remain. Struan and Brock come to control much of England's trade with China yet neither can control their desires or their hatred of each other. Over the years, their two families will cross paths, threatening to rip both apart, with reverberations that will echo across the generations.Struan must fight to save his company and his family, or risk seeing everything he has created destroyed at the hands of his sworn enemy. Ambition, political intrigue, and love and lust weave their way throughout the novel the New York Times called, ""grand entertainmentpacked with actionwith blood and sin, treachery and conspiracy, sex and murder."" East and West come together in an opulent and intricately plotted narrative. A tour-de-force of historical fiction, rich in detail yet eminently readable, Tai-Pan will stay with you long after the final page.