by Giles Milton · Hodder & Stoughton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340794685
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«Samurai William» is the historical essay by Giles Milton, published by Hodder & Stoughton in paperback (416 pages, in English).
It tells the true story of William Adams, an English sailor who, after surviving a disastrous voyage, reached Japan and decided to settle there. He gained the shogun's trust, formed a mixed-race family, and wrote a letter to the East India Company that prompted London merchants to organise a trading expedition to Japan.
The work was originally published in 2002 and this edition is from 2003. The cover subtitle is «The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan».
For readers interested in the history of seventeenth-century Japan, biography, and tales of exploration.
Giles Milton FRHistS is a British writer and journalist, who specialises in narrative history. He writes non-fiction, historical fiction, and children's history books, and is best known for Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and Nathaniel's Nutmeg.
