Clouds Above the Hill - 7 Angebote vergleichen

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Clouds above the Hill a long-time best-selling novel in Japan is now translated into English for the first time. An epic portrait of Japan in crisis it combines graphic military history and highly readable fiction to depict an aspiring nation modernizing at breakneck speed. Acclaimed author Shiba Rytar devoted an entire decade of his life to this extraordinary blockbuster which features Japan's emergence onto the world stage by the early years of the 20th century. This four volume epic centres on the careers of two ambitious brothers who work their way up from a rural backwater to positions of eminence in the new post-1868 Meiji State. The Akiyama brothers are determined to build a Japanese military capable of holding its own in an unstable region and the Russo-Japanese War becomes the central stage for their involvement in the frenzied modernisation and ascendancy of Japan in the region and subsequently the world. Anyone curious as to how the "tiny rising nation of Japan" was able to fight so fiercely for its survival should look no further. Clouds above the Hill is an exciting human portrait of a modernizing nation that goes to war and thereby stakes its very existence on a desperate bid for glory in East Asia. Y205093.

Lieferung aus: Australien, In Stock.
Clouds above the Hill a long-time best-selling novel in Japan is now translated into English for the first time. An epic portrait of Japan in crisis it combines graphic military history and highly readable fiction to depict an aspiring nation modernizing at breakneck speed. Acclaimed author Shiba Rytar devoted an entire decade of his life to this extraordinary blockbuster which features Japan's emergence onto the world stage by the early years of the 20th century. This four volume epic centres on the careers of two ambitious brothers who work their way up from a rural backwater to positions of eminence in the new post-1868 Meiji State. The Akiyama brothers are determined to build a Japanese military capable of holding its own in an unstable region and the Russo-Japanese War becomes the central stage for their involvement in the frenzied modernisation and ascendancy of Japan in the region and subsequently the world. Anyone curious as to how the "tiny rising nation of Japan" was able to fight so fiercely for its survival should look no further. Clouds above the Hill is an exciting human portrait of a modernizing nation that goes to war and thereby stakes its very existence on a desperate bid for glory in East Asia. Y169887.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, super_star_seller.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Hardcover, Label: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, Product group: Book, Published: 2010-05-22, Studio: Kessinger Publishing, LLC.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Tundra Books.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ReadWhiz [64978390], Portland, OR, U.S.A.