Shōgun, Part Two

The Asian Saga, Book 1.2

By: James Clavell

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell’s Shogun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series!

Shogun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part Two contains the second half of the complete novel.

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen—Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne’s loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss, and he is torn between two worlds that will each be forever changed.

Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, Shogun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion. Endlessly compelling, this sweeping saga captivated the world to become not only one of the best-selling novels of all time but one of the highest-rated television miniseries, as well as inspiring a nationwide surge of interest in the culture of Japan. Shakespearean in both scope and depth, Shogun is, as the New York Times put it, ‘'not only something you read—you live it.’‘

Also available: Shogun: Part One

©1975 James Clavell (P)2015 Blackstone Publishing

Great story, great narrator

Wish this was sold as a single book, but otherwise everything was great. Much better than the show

Great story, simply incredible narration

The story is fun, intriguing, and stoked my curiosity in Japan and Japanese history. Between this and Musashi I’ve been able to begin exploring Japanese history/culture in a very approachable way. The narrator does a superb job, voices really bringing you into the story and being extremely distinctive.

My New Favorite Book

Masterful story telling with everything you could want from a story. The narrator was superb and kept me enthralled in each character.

Great depiction of feudal Japan and religious and political tensions.

Narrator had a distractingly awful way of making characters sound unlikable. It was difficult to get through

Best Japanese epic ever!

Love the story and could not stop listening! If you enjoyed the series you will like the book even more!

oh it's fun.

i really enjoyed the journey. lots of characters, quick world building, fun twist of conspiracy for quest for power among various clans.

A terrific look into the past

The characters were very interesting. It was a nice slice of history and it felt true to life.

Great story- real long

Incredible story- incredibly long- tons of great betrayal and and changes of who you think is good and bad.

Wonderful!!

Feudal Japan, excellent writing. I had to keep checking all my characters to a list of who they are to keep it all straight.

Truly a masterpiece

I never leave ratings. I love the classics. And this should be among them. Truly one of the greatest books I have read/listened to. The performance is one of the best, and the book itself is up there with lord of the rings in terms of the journey. Just amazing.