By the author of "Saigon" and "Peking". Set in July 1853, this tale of the first clash between the fledgling modern nations of America and Japan illustrates the civilian hysteria provoked by the arrival of the Americans on steam-driven warships, and the mutual fears this set in place.
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As in all his novels, the historical panorama is told through people compellingly, with the potent gift of the storyteller which keeps the reader tensely turning the pages into the early hours. The characters are three-dimnensional, vivid; the aura of old Japan as strong and filmic as a 'No' drama, the love scenes as delicate, sensual and erotic as woodblock by Hokusai - Eastern Daily Press, UK. This English writer has hit upon a winning formula for historical novels that rest on solid research and are painstakingly balanced - Japan Times.
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Anthony Grey became a foreign correspondent with Reuters after beginning a career in journalism in Norfolk where he was born and educated. He later covered the Cold War from East Berlin before being assigned to China. The only British journalist then resident in the Chinese capital, he became the focus of worldwide headlines in mid-1967 at the height of the Cultural Revolution, when he was siezed as a hostage by Mao Tse-tungs's Red Guards. Held in solitary confinement for two years, he became the most publicised prisoner of the Cold War era, and the first western political hostage of modern times. Following the ordeal, he went on to establish himself as a radio and televsion broadcaster and a best-selling international historical novelist (Saigon, Peking, Tokyo Bay) focussing particularly on the Far East.
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