Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley

Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

Amy Stanley

352 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced

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A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo--the city that would become Tokyo--and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter w...

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informative 85%
adventurous 38%
inspiring 29%
reflective 29%
emotional 23%
sad 8%
hopeful 5%
relaxing 5%
tense 5%
challenging 2%
dark 2%
mysterious 2%

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slow 25%
fast 21%

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