by Giles Milton · Sceptre · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340826133
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«Samurai William» is Giles Milton's historical chronicle, published by Sceptre in paperback (416 pages, in English).
It tells the true story of William Adams, the first Englishman to reach Japan after surviving a shipwreck. He integrated into the country, won the trust of shogun Ieyasu, and facilitated contact between Japan and the West based on letters and diaries of the era.
A non-fiction work on history and biography; the subtitle of this edition is «The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan».
For those seeking Japanese history, seventeenth-century travellers, and true tales of adventure and discovery.
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.
