Gai-Jin by James Clavell

Gai-Jin by James ClavellIt is 1862 and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and the rival factions plan to restore the Emperor. In Yokohama, the gai jin, the hated foreigners, seek to profit from the chaos. At the head of the Noble House and heir to the title of Tai Pan stands Malcolm Struan, who is determined to become his own man and marry the woman he loves. At the head of the Shogunate party is the Lord Yoshi, a direct descendant of Shogun Toranaga,

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