Description
| Product ID: | 9780857866158 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Scottish Samurai |
| Subtitle: | Thomas Blake Glover, 1838-1911 |
| Authors: | Author: Alexander McKay |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Asian history, History, Asian history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Japan, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Bankruptcy by the age of thirty was barely a setback and he went on to become a pivotal figure in the rapidly expanding Mitsubishi empire, founding shipyards and breweries. As energetic in his love-life as in business and politics, Glover had a string of Japanese mistresses, one of whom inspired Puccini's Madam Butterfly. Thomas Glover arrived in Nagasaki in 1859, just as Japan was opening to the West. Within a few years he had played a crucial part in the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate, providing the rebels with war-winning, Scottish-designed warships, and modern arms. Bankruptcy by the age of thirty was barely a setback and he went on to become a pivotal figure in the rapidly expanding Mitsubishi empire, founding shipyards and breweries. |
| Imprint Name: | Canongate Books |
| Publisher Name: | Canongate Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-02-16 |