"Shogun" is a historical novel set in Japan during the Edo period, following the journey of John Blackthorne, an English navigator. After his ship, the Erasmus, is shipwrecked, Blackthorne finds himself in a foreign land filled with complex social hierarchies and cultural differences. He struggles to understand the customs and traditions of the Japanese, finding himself caught between his own values and those of this new society. As Blackthorne navigates the political intrigue of...