Tokyo Bay [Paperback]

Anthony Grey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 8, 2009

Among the American crews aboard what Japan came to call the 'black ships,' is Lieutenant Robert Eden, an idealistic young New England officer with American Indian blood in his veins, who watches his country confronting Japan's feudal samurai forces with a personal turmoil of emotions. Understanding too well the cruel and destructive injustices of colonial oppression, he plunges overboard at night, inspired by the moonlit beacon of sacred Mount Fuji, on a secret solo mission to avert a pointless conflict. He clashes with sword-wielding samurai and encounters Toshiwa a beautiful and courageous geisha fleeing amid the civilian panic -- so embroiling himself and his descendants in Japan's troubled fortunes for generations to come.

Editorial Reviews

Review

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.

About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 488 pages
• Publisher: Tagman Press, an Imprint of Tagman Worldwide Ltd. (May 8, 2009)
• ISBN-10: 1903571634
• ISBN-13: 978-1903571637
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

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