by Takashi Matsuoka · Hutchinson · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780091794989
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«Autumn Bridge» is the historical novel by Takashi Matsuoka, published by Hutchinson in paperback (432 pages, in English).
In 1311, a woman writes the secret history of the Okumichi clan from the tower of Sparrow Cloud Castle. Six centuries later, missionary Emily Gibson finds the scrolls in Edo and, while translating them, becomes caught up in a story of heroism, forbidden love, and a prophecy that connects the past to her own life.
The book is the second installment of the Samurai saga, originally published in 2004 and classed as historical fiction.
For readers of historical novels and fiction set in Japan, with plots of mystery, romance, and family legacies.
Cloud of Sparrows (2002) is the first historic novel by author Takashi Matsuoka featuring the struggle of Genji, the young Great Lord of Akaoka, in the year 1861. This is only six years after Japan opened to the West and features three American missionaries who become involved with Genji, notably, Emily who hopes to find solace in Japan and build a church and Matthew, a product of the American West who seeks revenge.
