Samurai William
Subtitle: The Englishman Who Opened the East
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: January 18, 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780374253851
First sentence: NO ONE HAD EVER seen such strange-looking men.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: At the court of Bungo; title: Icebergs in the Orient; title: All at sea; title: In the name of the father; title: Samurai William; title: Into unknown lands; title: Greeting Mr. Adams; title: At home with Richard Cocks; title: Clash of the Samurai; title: A question of language; title: Killed like fishes; title: A ruptured friendship; title: Last orders