The Ronin's Mistress

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Japan, 1703. On a snowy night,
forty-seven fiercely determined warriors make their way behind the thick earthen walls surrounding the estate of the shogun's master of ceremonies, Kira Yoshinaka. They have planned their attack so carefully that there is no need to speak, and they do not stop until they have cornered Kira. "You know why we're here," they tell the cowering old man, before cutting off his head and parading it through the streets on a spear.
Sano Ichiro, who has been demoted through vicious court intrigue from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, is assigned to investigate the murder—which seems at first to be an obvious act of retribution. Two years earlier, Kira was at the center of a scandal that turned the forty-seven men from respected samurai into masterless ronin. But what touched off the violence between Kira and their master in the first place? Why did it take them so long to seek revenge, and why do... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Japan, 1703. On a snowy night,
forty-seven fiercely determined warriors make their way behind the thick earthen walls surrounding the estate of the shogun's master of ceremonies, Kira Yoshinaka. They have planned their attack so carefully that there is no need to speak, and they do not stop until they have cornered Kira. "You know why we're here," they tell the cowering old man, before cutting off his head and parading it through the streets on a spear.
Sano Ichiro, who has been demoted through vicious court intrigue from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, is assigned to investigate the murder—which seems at first to be an obvious act of retribution. Two years earlier, Kira was at the center of a scandal that turned the forty-seven men from respected samurai into masterless ronin. But what touched off the violence between Kira and their master in the first place? Why did it take them so long to seek revenge, and why do they give themselves up and say calmly that they are awaiting "orders"? And what should the shogun do with them now? Should they be ordered to commit ritual suicide for the illegal vendetta, or honored as heroes who fulfilled their duty by avenging their master's death? It's up to Sano to find his way through a maze of confusion and intrigue, while his own fortunes—and those of his family—hang in the balance.
Drawing on a true story that inspires controversy to this day, Laura Joh Rowland brings us a dazzlingly rich and compelling story of an exquisite but dangerous world. Vissza