The Ronin's Mistress
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"A novel of feudal Japan."
"A brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politican's ear for intrigue." --The New York Times Book Review Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide? Sano Ichiro, demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend--while his own fortunes hang in the balance"-- Provided by publisher.
"Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide? Sano Ichiro, demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend--while his own fortunes hang in the balance"-- Provided by publisher.
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SERIES
Sano Ichirō
15
PUBLISHED
New York : Minotaur Books, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 324 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312658526
0312658524
SUBJECTS
Sano, Ichirō (Fictitious character)
Samurai -- Fiction.
Japan -- History -- Genroku period, 1688-1704 -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Historical fiction.