The Emperor's General
yan 2016 · Penguin UK
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Set against an extraordinary historical backdrop, The Emperor's General is the all too human story of a young man's turbulent coming of age and of the conflicting demands of duty, honour and love.
'Spellbinding . . . this is the sort of book that makes history . . . Unmissable'
Times
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As the Second World War enters its final days, Jay Marsh is an eager young aide-de-camp to the great General MacArthur, helping him to engineer the Allies' triumph in the Pacific and the surrender of Japan. But the arrogant, majestic MacArthur has a more ambitions aim in mind: supreme control over Japan and its eighty-three million inhabitants. Trusted with his secrets, Jay becomes ensnared in a labyrinthine world of diplomacy, double-dealing and corruption, as he negotiates with the Japanese of behalf of his mentor and hero.
All the while he is unravelling the web of deceit that MacArthur and the royal courts and geisha houses of Japan would trap him in, Jay is desperate to get back to Manila and find his beautiful fiancée Divina Clara. But, as each side gets more desperate for power, Jay becomes a helpless pawn in a tragic game that is out of his control.
Praise for The Emperor's General:
'A Madame Butterfly of our time'
Financial Times
'Gripping, martial and, almost subliminally, achingly romantic'
Daily Mail
'Spellbinding . . . this is the sort of book that makes history . . . Unmissable'
Times
***
As the Second World War enters its final days, Jay Marsh is an eager young aide-de-camp to the great General MacArthur, helping him to engineer the Allies' triumph in the Pacific and the surrender of Japan. But the arrogant, majestic MacArthur has a more ambitions aim in mind: supreme control over Japan and its eighty-three million inhabitants. Trusted with his secrets, Jay becomes ensnared in a labyrinthine world of diplomacy, double-dealing and corruption, as he negotiates with the Japanese of behalf of his mentor and hero.
All the while he is unravelling the web of deceit that MacArthur and the royal courts and geisha houses of Japan would trap him in, Jay is desperate to get back to Manila and find his beautiful fiancée Divina Clara. But, as each side gets more desperate for power, Jay becomes a helpless pawn in a tragic game that is out of his control.
Praise for The Emperor's General:
'A Madame Butterfly of our time'
Financial Times
'Gripping, martial and, almost subliminally, achingly romantic'
Daily Mail
À propos de l'auteur
James Webb was one of the youngest members of the American Cabinet in the 20th Century, serving as Secretary of State of the Navy at the age of forty-one. He was decorated three times for 'extraordinary heroism' as a marine in Vietnam. He will be running for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
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