The Tokaido Road: A Novel of Feudal Japan - Softcover

Robson, Lucia St. Clair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765305208 ISBN 13: 9780765305206

Publisher: Forge Books, 2005

Synopsis

After the execution of her father, the young and beautiful Lady Asano is in grave danger from the powerful Lord Kira. In order to save herself Asano must find Oishi, the leader of the fighting men of her clan. She believes he is three hundred miles to the southwest in the imperial city of Kyoto.
Disguising her loveliness in the humble garments of a traveling priest, and calling herself Cat, Lady Asano travels the fabled Tokaido Road. Her only tools are her quick wits, her samurai training, and her deadly, six foot-long naginata. And she will need them all, for a ronin has been hired to pursue her, a mysterious man who will play a role in Cat's drama that neither could have ever imagined. . . .

About this title

From the Publisher:

If you enjoyed James Clavell's SHOGUN, you'll also relish the adventures of Lucia St Clair Robson's daring samurai heroine the Lady Asano as she seeks revenge against Lord Kira, the man who had her father executed and who destroyed her world.

From the Inside Flap:

ecution of her father, the young and beautiful Lady Asano, who now calls herself Cat, is in grave danger: the powerful Lord Kira's campaign against her family is continuing and she must find Oishi, the leader of the fighting men of the Asano clan. Cat believes he is three hundred miles to the southwest in the imperial city of Kyoto.
Disguising her loveliness in the humble garments of a traveling priest, Cat begins her quest along the fabled Tokaido Road. All she has is her samurai training, her deadly, six-foot-long naginata, and her quick wits. And she will need them all, for a ronin has been hired to pursue her, a mysterious man who will play a role in Cat's drama that neither could have ever imagined. . . .
"Breathtaking . . . Intriguing . . . It reminds us that the Japanese regard eroticism as an art, a skill as cultivated as flower arranging and pouring tea." -- Boston Sunday Herald

About this edition

• Publisher: Forge Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0765305208
• ISBN 13: 9780765305206
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528