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Heir to a trading empire and a Frenchwoman navigate 1860s Japan amid political upheaval, cultural clashes, and personal passions.
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Heir to a trading empire and a Frenchwoman navigate 1860s Japan amid political upheaval, cultural clashes, and personal passions.
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The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House…the direct descendant of the first Toranaga Shogun battling to usher his country into the modern age…a beautiful young French woman 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 master...
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Romance & sex
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Explicit references to courtesans and varied sexual positions including missionary style and Japanese techniques.
Violence & gore
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References to terrorism, assassins, brutality, and power struggles in a period of upheaval.
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Central depictions of political upheaval, diplomacy, and societal change in 19th-century Japan.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Themes of brutality, terrorism, and systemic suffering amid cultural and political conflict.
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