Clouds above the Hill

Name: Clouds above the Hill
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Clouds above the HillA Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 4\nAuthor(s): Shiba Ry?tar?, Phyllis Birnbaum, Andrew Cobbing\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138858947, 978-1138858947\nSynopsis\nClouds above the Hill is the best-selling novel 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 20th century.\n\nVolume IV begins with the dramatic battle of Mukden where Akiyama Yoshifurus cavalry play a major part in the action against the Cossacks. Meanwhile, Admiral T?g?s fleet sail to the Tsushima strait to intercept the Baltic Fleet en route.