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| Title | : | Samurai William |
| Author | : | Giles Milton |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 400 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0340794682 |
In the winter of 1611, a mysterious letter was received by the London merchants of the East India Company The fact that it came from Japan, a forbidden and unknown land, was a cause of wonder, but even remarkable was that the writer was an Englishman by the name of William Adams.
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British writer and journalist Giles Milton was born in Buckinghamshire in 1966 He has contributed articles for most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications, and specializes in the history of travel and exploration In the course of his researches, he has traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and the Far East, and the Americas Knowledgeable, insati British writer and journalist Giles Milton was born in Buckinghamshire in 1966 He has contributed articles for most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications, and specializes in the history of travel and exploration In the course of his researches, he has traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Japan and the Far East, and the Americas Knowledgeable, insatiably curious and entertaining, Milton locates history s most fascinating and most overlooked stories and brings them to life in his books.He lives in London, where he is a member of the Hakluyt Society, which is dedicated to reprinting the works of explorers and adventurers in scholarly editions, some of which he uses in his research He wrote most of Samurai William in the London Library, where he loves the huge reading room, large Victorian desks and creaking armchairs At home and while traveling, he is ever on the lookout for new untold stories Apparently he began researching the life of Sir John Mandeville for his book The Riddle and the Knight after Mandeville s book Travels literally fell off the shelf of a Paris bookstore in which he was browsing.Copyright BookBrowse.com 2007 
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In the winter of 1611, a mysterious letter was received by the London merchants of the East India Company The fact that it came from Japan, a forbidde
Samurai William400 pagesGiles Milton
400 pagesGiles Milton
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