ReviewWhen James Clavell came up wi the idea for his novel Shogun, he didn’t know anything about Japanese History. It is one of 6 different novels in the Asian Saga by the same author. The incredible heroics of the main Character, William Adams, make this an amazing story. It is a fictional story based on real events and it also takes a lot of real people that participated in these battles as characters of the novel. He witnesses the rise of Toranaga to the shogunate. The story is presented through the eyes of John Blackthorn who is an English Sailor and he is called Anjin or Pilor by the Japanese. It is based on the actual Tokugawa Leyasu, Shogun narrates the rise of the daimiyo. The story takes place a few months before the critical Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. It has become a bestseller since it has sold more than 15 billion copies by the year 1990. It makes the first novel by internal chronology of the Asian Saga. SummaryShogun is an audiobook by James Clavell. The readers can download Shogun: The Epic Novel of Japan: The Asian Saga, Book 1 Audiobook for free via Audible Free Trial. Shogun: The Epic Novel of Japan: The Asian Saga, Book 1 by James Clavell
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