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001			on1391379546
003			OCoLC
005			20230824110922.0
008			230728t20232023oncab e 000 f eng
020			_a9781668002865 _q(paperback)
020			_a1668002868 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1391379546
040			_aON8 _beng _erda _cON8 _dJPL
100			_aShreve, Craig, _eauthor. _953656
245	1	4	_aThe African samurai : _ba novel / _cCraig Shreve.
250			_aScribner Canada edition
260			_aToronto, Ontario : _bScribner Canada, _c2023.
300			_axi, 275 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c23 cm
520			_a"In 1579, a Portuguese trade ship sails into port at Kuchinotsu, Japan, loaded with European wares and weapons. On board is Father Alessandro Valignano, an Italian priest and Jesuit missionary whose authority in central and east Asia is second only to the pope's. Beside him is his protector, a large and imposing East African man. Taken from his village as a boy, sold as a slave to Portuguese mercenaries, and forced to fight in wars in India, the young but experienced soldier is haunted by memories of his past. From Kuchinotsu, Father Valignano leads an expedition pushing inland toward the capital city of Kyoto. A riot brings his protector in front of the land's most powerful warlord, Oda Nobunaga. Nobunaga is preparing a campaign to complete the unification of a nation that's been torn apart by over one hundred years of civil war. In exchange for permission to build a church, Valignano “gifts” his protector to Nobunaga. After pledging his allegiance to the Japanese warlord, the two men from vastly different worlds develop a trust and respect for one another. The young soldier is granted the role of samurai, a title that has never been given to a foreigner; he is also given a new name: Yasuke. Not all are happy with Yasuke's ascension. There are whispers that he may soon be given his own fief, his own servants, his own samurai to command. But all of his dreams hinge on his ability to protect his new lord from threats both military and political, and from enemies both without and within." -- Jacket flap.
600		0	_aYasuke _c(Black Samuraï) _vFiction. _953658
650		0	_aSamurai _vSamurai _953659
650		0	_aAfricans _vFiction. _xHistory _y16th century _zJapan _953660
650		0	_aEast Africans _vFiction. _953661
650		0	_a Enslaved persons _vFiction. _953500
651		0	_aJapan _xHistory _yAzuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1603 _vFiction.
651		0	_aJapan _xHistory _y16th century _vFiction.
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _943610
655		7	_aBiographical fiction. _2lcgft _910435
942			_2ddc _cFIC
948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 29 OTHER HOLDINGS
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