The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House ... the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shōgun battling to usher his country into the modern age ... a beautiful young Frenchwoman forever torn between ambition and desire ... Their lives intertwine in an exotic land newly open to foreigners, gai-jin, torn apart by greed, idealism, and terrorism. Their passions mingle with monarchs and diplomats, assassins, courtesans, and spies. Their fates collide in James Clavell's latest masterpiece set in nineteenth-century Japan--an unforgettable epic seething with betrayal and secrets, brutality and heroism, love and forbidden passions.

Gift; National College of Business and Arts; April 3, 2023; 128697d