Just finished "Shogun" by James Clavell (lemmy.ca)

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Wow, what a great adventure! If you haven't heard of it, it's about an English sea captain who gets marooned in Japan around 1600, and has to adapt to Japanese culture. Lots of politicking, romance, and decapitation. Very loosely based on real people too.

Have you read it? What did you think?

As a sidenote I just found out FX is releasing a miniseries based on it next year!

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[-] amarnasmoths@slrpnk.net 7 points 11 months ago

One of my favorite books ever! I've read it several times and it gets better each time!

It sparked my interest in books set in those times, and perhaps you'll enjoy "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet", " The Tale of Genji" (not set in that time but fantastic nonetheless) and of course, the rest of Clavell's books in the Asian Saga.

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