Title: Samurai William : the adventurer who unlocked Japan /
Authors: Milton, Giles.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Adams, William,; Explorers Japan Biography; British Japan Biography.; Pilots and pilotage Great Britain Biography.; Japan Discovery and exploration English.; Japan Social life and customs; Japan Officials and employees, Alien Biography.; Great Britain Officials and employees Japan Biography.; Japan Relations Great Britain.; Great Britain Relations Japan.
Abstract: The adventures of William Adams, the Englishman who opened the East. This book illuminates a Jacobean world whose horizons were rapidly expanding and a Japan that was still unknown to the rest of the world.
Contents: At the court of Bungo -- Icebergs in the Orient -- All at sea -- In the name of the father -- Samurai William -- Into unknown lands -- Greeting Mr Adams -- At home with Richard Cocks -- Clash of the samurai -- Question of language -- Killed like fishes -- Ruptured friendship -- Last orders.