Lesley Downer

Praise for The Shogun's Queen

It is completely absorbing, showing Lesley Downer's deep knowledge of Japan and her mastery of its complex history during the nineteenth century.

LIAN HEARN, author of Across the Nightingale Floor

A persuasive storyteller and the setting is mesmerising.

Antonia Senior, THE TIMES

Superb. A wonderful evocation of an alien world, with entrancing characters and a riveting narrative that fits perfectly with the historical facts.

JOHN MAN, author of Genghis Khan

It is completely absorbing, showing Lesley Downer's deep knowledge of Japan and her mastery of its complex history during the nineteenth century.

LIAN HEARN, author of Across the Nightingale Floor

A persuasive storyteller and the setting is mesmerising.

Antonia Senior, THE TIMES

Superb. A wonderful evocation of an alien world, with entrancing characters and a riveting narrative that fits perfectly with the historical facts.

JOHN MAN, author of Genghis Khan

It is completely absorbing, showing Lesley Downer's deep knowledge of Japan and her mastery of its complex history during the nineteenth century.

LIAN HEARN, author of Across the Nightingale Floor

A persuasive storyteller and the setting is mesmerising.

Antonia Senior, THE TIMES

Superb. A wonderful evocation of an alien world, with entrancing characters and a riveting narrative that fits perfectly with the historical facts.

JOHN MAN, author of Genghis Khan

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