The Shogun's Daughter: A Novel of Feudal Japan

by Laura Joh Rowland

Book Overview

Japan, 1704. In an elegant mansion a young woman named Tsuruhime lies on her deathbed, attended by her nurse. Smallpox pustules cover her face. Incense burns, to banish the evil spirits of disease. After Tsuruhime takes her last breath, the old woman watching from the doorway says, "Who's going to tell the Shogun his daughter is dead?" The death of the Shogun's daughter has immediate consequences on his regime. There will be no grandchild to leave...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250028612
• ISBN13: 9781250028617
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"