For folks that are interested in reading a real book, go get Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa

I read Shogun by James Clavell a few years ago, and I liked that brand of historical fiction - especially dealing with the power struggles among the elite in that period of Japanese history. I also have Romance of the Three Kingdoms on my shelf, but it's in the original Chinese (and thus incomprehensible to anyone born in the last five centuries)

I'll assume that not many people on this forum are interested in historical fiction, so I'll shut up now haha

For folks that are interested in reading a real book, go get Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa

I read Shogun by James Clavell a few years ago, and I liked that brand of historical fictionand fascinating read!

For folks that are interested in reading a real book, go get Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa

I read Shogun by James Clavell a few years ago, and I liked that brand of historical fiction - especially dealing with the power struggles among the elite in that period of Japanese history. I also have Romance of the Three Kingdoms on my shelf, but it's in the original Chinese (and thus incomprehensible to anyone born in the last five centuries)

I'll assume that not many people on this forum are interested in historical fiction, so I'll shut up now haha

I read Shogun a few years ago, and while I really liked the characters, the political intrigue and the sheer amount of detail (and, really, liked pretty much the whole thing