Šógun - limitovaná edice – Clavell James (2025)

An illustrated lavish edition of the cult historical book by James Clavell, Shogun. On a windy night in 1600, during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, the Dutch ship Erasmus runs aground off the eastern coast of Japan. Its captain, one of the leading European navigators, Englishman John Blackthorne, thus becomes a 'prisoner of the Japanese islands.' However, he does not resign himself to the role of a passive observer of an almost unknown land, its people, history, and customs. Blackthorne's skills and knowledge soon significantly impact the ongoing struggle for power over Japan, which is being waged by the most prominent samurai, and into which the Jesuits also involve themselves with their considerable influence. It is a brutal and relentless fight, full of traps and intrigues – at stake is nothing less than the title of shogun, before which all of Japan will bow. Just as the exotic European irrevocably influences the land of the rising sun, Blackthorne's thinking and feelings also change. He gradually begins to understand and respect the Japanese sense of dignity and politeness and discovers new beauty and harmony. He encounters cruelty and love, loyalty and betrayal, and his notions of relationships, sex, religion, and death are completely transformed. Clavell's multi-layered novel about the clash of two cultures, which...