Lesley Downer
Praise for The Shogun's Queen
It is completely absorbing, showing Lesley Downer's deep knowledge of Japan and her mastery of its complex history during the nineteenth century.
LIAN HEARN, author of Across the Nightingale Floor
A persuasive storyteller and the setting is mesmerising.
Antonia Senior, THE TIMES
Superb. A wonderful evocation of an alien world, with entrancing characters and a riveting narrative that fits perfectly with the historical facts.
JOHN MAN, author of Genghis Khan
It is completely absorbing, showing Lesley Downer's deep knowledge of Japan and her mastery of its complex history during the nineteenth century.
LIAN HEARN, author of Across the Nightingale Floor
A persuasive storyteller and the setting is mesmerising.
Antonia Senior, THE TIMES
Superb. A wonderful evocation of an alien world, with entrancing characters and a riveting narrative that fits perfectly with the historical facts.
JOHN MAN, author of Genghis Khan
It is completely absorbing, showing Lesley Downer's deep knowledge of Japan and her mastery of its complex history during the nineteenth century.
LIAN HEARN, author of Across the Nightingale Floor
A persuasive storyteller and the setting is mesmerising.
Antonia Senior, THE TIMES
Superb. A wonderful evocation of an alien world, with entrancing characters and a riveting narrative that fits perfectly with the historical facts.
JOHN MAN, author of Genghis Khan
