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Set in the year 1600, it tells the story of a bold english pilot whose ship was blown ashore in japan, where he encountered two people who were to change his life. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume. By all accounts, im a casual reader and a book of this size would usually scare me away completely. James clavell 10 october 1921 1 6 september 1994, born charles edmund dumaresq clavell, was an australianborn british later naturalized american novelist, screenwriter, director and world war ii veteran and prisoner of war.
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