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EAN-139780142003787   EAN-13 barcode 9780142003787
Product NameSamurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
LanguageEnglish
CategoryBook / Magazine / Publication
Short DescriptionPaperback
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Width0.8 inches    (convert)
Height7.7 inches    (convert)
Length5 inches    (convert)
Weight8.8 ounces    (convert)
AuthorGiles Milton
Page Count368
BindingPaperback
Published12/30/2003
Long DescriptionWith all the adventure, derring-do, and bloodcurdling battle scenes of his earlier book, Nathaniel’s Nutmeg , acclaimed historian Giles Milton dazzles readers with the true story of William Adams—the first Englishman to set foot in Japan (and the inspiration for James Clavell’s bestselling novel Shogun). Beginning with Adams’s startling letter to the East India Company in 1611—more than a decade after he’d arrived in Japan— Samurai William chronicles the first foray by the West into that mysterious closed-off land. Drawing upon the journals and letters of Adams as well as the other Englishmen who came looking for him, Samurai William presents a unique glimpse of Japan before it once again closed itself off from the world for another two hundred years.
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UPC-A Code

 

EAN Barcode

EAN-13 / ISBN-13 Code

 

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Barcode Code 39

Code 39 (limited text)

 

Barcode Code 128

Code 128 (full text)

 

Interleave 2 of 5

Interleave 2 of 5 (digits only)

 

Barcode Codabar

Codabar (digits and limited punctuation)

 

Barcode MSI

MSI (digits only)

 

Barcode Plessey

Plessey (digits and letters A-F)

 

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Barcode QR Code

QR Code

 

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PDF417

 

Barcode Aztec

Aztec

 

Barcode Maxicode

Maxicode

 

Barcode Data Matrix

Data Matrix

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