5/30/2023 0 Comments Shōgun by james clavell![]() Some of the characters make appearances in multiple books, and many characters from one book are referred to in later books. Gai-Jin provides the major link between the Shōgun and Struan's storylines. 1147 pages (Abridged with some rewritten parts as Escape, 598 pages)įour of the six books- Tai-Pan, Gai-Jin, Noble House, and Whirlwind-follow the dealings of the great trading company Struan's, the Noble House of Asia (based on Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited), its founder Dirk Struan, and his various descendants. King Rat: set in a Japanese POW camp, Singapore, 1945. ![]() The purpose of the Asian Saga was, according to Clavell-descendant of a family long in service to the British Empire, and who was a prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War-to tell "the story of the Anglo-Saxon in Asia". The name Asian Saga was first applied to the series after Shōgun had been published. ![]() The novels all centre on Europeans in Asia, and together explore the impact on East and West of the meeting of these two distinct civilizations. The Asian Saga is a series of six novels written by James Clavell between 19. ![]()
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