The Ronin's Mistress: A Novel of Fuedal Japan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250015235)

The Ronin's Mistress is a brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from Laura Joh Rowland--an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politician's ear for intrigue." (The New York Times)

Japan, 1703. On a snowy night, 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so long? And is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide?

Sano Ichiro, demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People, has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend--while his own fortunes hang in the balance.

Author: Laura Joh Rowland
ISBN-10: 1250015235
ISBN-13: 9781250015235
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Language: English
Published: 09/04/2012
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.54w x 0.98d