Troy
An incredible view into life as a mariner in 18th Century Britain, the reader comes away with what life was like as well as the harrowing saga of the men and few survivors of the shipwreck on what must have seemed to be almost the other side of the world. Incredible story.
An incredible view into life as a mariner in 18th Century Britain, the reader comes away with what life was like as well as the harrowing saga of the men and few survivors of the shipwreck on what must have seemed to be almost the other side of the world. Incredible story.
This book was, at times, a slog to get through, but there were some great action sequences and the clash of civilizations as Blackthorne struggles to understand life in feudal Japan was very interesting. The author did a great job in depicting the class roles and how important honor and respect are in feudal Japanese culture, and what it truly means to be ‘samurai’. I don’t think it was enough to make me want to seek out Part 2, though.
This book was, at times, a slog to get through, but there were some great action sequences and the clash of civilizations as Blackthorne struggles to understand life in feudal Japan was very interesting. The author did a great job in depicting the class roles and how important honor and respect are in feudal Japanese culture, and what it truly means to be ‘samurai’. I don’t think it was enough to make me want to seek out Part 2, though.
