Description: Further DetailsTitle: Samurai WilliamCondition: NewEAN: 9780340794685ISBN: 9780340794685Publisher: John Murray Publishers LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/03/2003Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 130mmItem Width: 28mmItem Weight: 320gAuthor: Giles MiltonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Adventurer Who Unlocked JapanISBN-10: 0340794682Description: In 1611 an astonishing letter arrived at the East India Trading Company in London after a tortuous seven-year journey. Englishman William Adams was one of only twenty-four survivors of a fleet of ships bound for Asia, and he had washed up in the forbidden land of Japan.The traders were even more amazed to learn that, rather than be horrified by this strange country, Adams had fallen in love with the barbaric splendour of Japan - and decided to settle. He had forged a close friendship with the ruthless Shogun, taken a Japanese wife and sired a new, mixed-race family.Adams' letter fired up the London merchants to plan a new expedition to the Far East, with designs to trade with the Japanese and use Adams' contacts there to forge new commercial links.SAMURAI WILLIAM brilliantly illuminates a world whose horizons were rapidly expanding eastwards.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryTopic: Law & Politics, BiographyRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
Price: 18.08 USD
Location: GU14 0GT
End Time: 2024-10-17T11:15:20.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Return policy details:
Book Title: Samurai William
Publication Name: Samurai William
Title: Samurai William
EAN: 9780340794685
ISBN: 9780340794685
Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 02/03/2003
Release Year: 2003
Item Height: 196mm
Item Length: 130mm
Item Width: 28mm
Item Weight: 320g
Author: Giles Milton
Language: English
Subtitle: The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan
ISBN-10: 0340794682
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Topic: Biography