The samurai's daughter
Title:
The samurai's daughter
Author:
Downer, Lesley.
ISBN:
9780552163460
Edition:
Corgi ed.
Publication Information:
London : Corgi, 2013.
Physical Description:
556 p. : ill., map ; 18 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-[554]).
Subtitle on cover: Epic tale of love and war in nineteenth-century Japan.
Originally published as: Across the bridge of dreams. London: Bantam, 2012.
Abstract:
In the brave new Japan of the 1870s, Taka and Nobu meet as children and fall in love; but their relationship will test the limits of society. Taka and Nobu's love is unacceptable to both their families and must be kept secret, but what they cannot foresee is how quickly the tables will turn.
Subject:
| Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Fiction. |
| Historical fiction. |
Summary:
In the brave new Japan of the 1870s, Taka and Nobu meet as children and fall in love; but their relationship will test the limits of society. Taka and Nobu's love is unacceptable to both their families and must be kept secret, but what they cannot foresee is how quickly the tables will turn.