Shōgun (novel)
1975 novel by James Clavell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shōgun is a 1975 novel by James Clavell fictionalizing incidents and personages in 17th century feudal Japan effecting the Edo period's advent. The third published and the first chronologically placed book in Clavell's six-volume Asian Saga, by 1980 it sold six million copies worldwide and has been made into two TV miniseries (1980 and 2024), a stage musical, as well as one board game and three video games.
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Author | James Clavell |
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Cover artist | Ed Vebell (illustrated edition only) |
Country | United Kingdom, United States |
Series | The Asian Saga |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Publisher | Delacorte Press (US) Hodder & Stoughton (UK) |
Publication date | 1975 |
Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
Pages | 1152 pp (first edition, paperback) |
ISBN | 0-440-08721-X (US) – ISBN 0-340-20316-1 (UK) |
OCLC | 9326267 |
823/.914 19 | |
LC Class | PS3553.L365 S5 1975 |
Followed by | Tai-Pan |
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