TY - BOOK AU - Clavell,James TI - Shōgun T2 - The Asian saga SN - 9781982603847 (paperback) U1 - 823/.914 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Ashland, OR PB - Blackstone Publishing KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Japan KW - History KW - Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 KW - Fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N2 - After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen-Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne's loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed ER -