The Heike Story: A Novel of War and Intrigue in Ancient Japan by Eiji Yoshikawa

The Heike Story: A Novel of War and Intrigue in Ancient Japan

Eiji Yoshikawa with Alexander Bennett, Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu

576 pages • first pub 1956 (view editions)

fiction classics historical adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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Kyoto in the twelfth century was a magnificent city, but crime, disorder, and lust were rampant. The people were abused by the nobility, while the armed Buddhist monks terrorized court and commoner alike. In despair, the Emperor called upon the He...

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