num_pages: 345
description: Draws on more than eight hundred letters to recount the tragic romantic relationship between an ambitious British army officer and a Japanese woman, who fell in love on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War and defied conventions and the challenges of numerous military conflicts to remain in touch. 35,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Sword and Blossom: A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman
titlecomplete: Sword and Blossom: A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman
genres: Historical, Biography, World War I, Nonfiction, Japan, History
ratings_count: 197
publisher: Penguin Press HC, The