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Shōgun, Part Two
- The Asian Saga
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 29 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell’s Shogun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series!
Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part Two contains the second half of the complete novel.
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.
Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, Shogun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion. Endlessly compelling, this sweeping saga captivated the world to become not only one of the best-selling novels of all time but one of the highest-rated television miniseries, as well as inspiring a nationwide surge of interest in the culture of Japan. Shakespearean in both scope and depth, Shogun is, as the New York Times put it, ‘'not only something you read—you live it.’‘
Also available: Shogun: Part One
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- Alan K.
- 17-07-24
Fantastic story!!
Book is well written and with fantastic story. The only jarring thing about the reading is pronunciation of Japanese words and names but this can be easily overlooked with such a good and well written story.
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- David Wilcox
- 21-05-24
Excellent story expertly told
This is a compelling and fascinating story of an English sailor arriving on Japanese shores in the turn of the seventeenth century. The attention to detail of Japanese culture from that time is remarkable and makes the story feel entirely authentic and compelling.
The narrating on this recording is first class and brings the story to life. The fifty-five hours has just slipped by quickly, like a good story should.
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- St piran lad
- 07-05-24
Amazing
Amazing story. Great narrator. Wanted to read this for years and was worth the wait. Great character development and ending
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- Raz
- 17-04-24
Brilliant !
Brilliant book and narrative performance ! One if not the best audio book I've listened to.
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- Ceeb
- 11-04-24
What a ride.
Always wanted to pick up Shōgun. The recent Miniseries prompted me to get this.
Hard to describe. And anything I write won’t do it justice. I love books that make me look up their real world influences.
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- Shannon S.
- 05-06-24
Brilliantly executed
Brilliantly brought cunning intelligence and strategy into a historical drama, has everything from romantic to vengeance intentions. Well thought out.
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- Francis
- 06-11-24
I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did
I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did. It really had my heart and all my emotions followed every character in this novel wanting some to win and others to lose. I was lost in this world and enjoyed it so much
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- robin burby
- 16-10-24
excellent ending
superb, you won't be sorry, enjoy this second part which is just as good as part one
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- Mike Burns
- 16-03-24
Awesome book,
An awesome book and performance reading , very compelling to listen to, 50hours of total enjoyment.
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- R
- 21-07-24
Drama of difference, love and war
An engaging and well delivered historical drama of difference, intrigue, action and love. Unnecessarily profane in places and some projecting of 1970s male obsessions onto an oriental other. There is quite a lot of self-killing. I found it interesting and it has excited my interest in Japan.
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