false 402093 32 A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in a mighty saga of a time and place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust, and the struggle for power. 1755568 book 1975 Shogun total:6960|5:3248|4:2330|3:1116|2:208|1:59| 6960 29379 8700 649 5 8 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 04 16:06:47 -0700 2008 Sat May 09 10:10:40 -0700 2009
Strangely, I'd say that I have no real interest in Japan despite having read ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 18:35:59 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 07:15:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Jul 04 11:55:51 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 12:03:44 -0700 2007
Which is not to say it's not very good -- it is. It's amazing. It's... well, just ask anyone who's read it -- you'll not find someone who didn't like it. But the historic...more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Jan 28 09:06:45 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 09:12:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false true Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Nov 24 02:13:10 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 02:13:39 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1976 Sat Nov 15 10:50:23 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 10:57:55 -0800 2008 1 4 1 false false Fri May 04 13:49:47 -0700 2007 Fri May 04 14:28:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 01 11:10:17 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 11:11:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Oct 27 15:22:14 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 22:44:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 20:25:54 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 20:59:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 true false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Feb 23 17:25:16 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 23 17:27:04 -0800 2007
Bear in mind that it is truly fiction -- historically inaccurate but still a lot of fun. I carried this book around on the subway for a mo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Fri May 15 05:03:54 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 05:17:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed May 07 18:01:06 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 18:02:52 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 07:37:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 07:43:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Sun Apr 12 09:49:43 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 09:56:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Aug 04 17:34:26 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 17:35:00 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 15:35:16 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 16:46:22 -0700 2009
I'm not sure how it's possible, but after 1200 pages I was left wondering why it ended so soon. With about 100 pages left, I started to get disheartened by what I thought was going to be a crap-out ending, but those last two pages really sell it. It took awhile for me to come...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 29 17:21:29 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 17:28:27 -0700 2009
This is fantastic storytelling from several points of view, the next plot...more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Mar 05 07:42:55 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 07:49:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 19:34:32 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 11:58:57 -0700 2008 1
Shogun takes place in Japan where the main ...more...]]>