Clouds above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanes .

Name: Clouds above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanes .
Brand: Shiba Ryotaro

Shiba Ryotaro

Clouds above the HillA Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 2\nAuthor(s): Shiba Ry?tar?, Phyllis Birnbaum, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Andrew Cobbing, Paul McCarthy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138858909, 978-1138858909\nSynopsis\nClouds above the Hill is one of the best-selling novels ever in Japan, and is now translated into English for the first time. An epic portrait of Japan in crisis, it combines graphic military history and highly readable fiction to depict an aspiring nation modernizing at breakneck speed. Best-selling author Shiba Ry?tar? devoted an entire decade of his life to this extraordinary blockbuster, which features Japan's emerging onto the world stage by the early years of the twentieth century.\n\nIn Volume II, Meiji Japan is on a collision course with Russia, as Russian troops stationed in Manchuria ignore repeated calls to withdraw. Admiral T?g? leads a blockade and subseque.