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Lädt ... A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth’s Courtvon Thomas Lockley
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Combining pirate, maritime and Japanese history, Lockley successfully builds a timeline for Christopher based on the scant records available. It's a perspective rarely discussed. At first, Lockley utilizes some dramatic, creative license to describe Christopher's encounter with Cavendish. It's historically accurate, but tonally it was unexpected. Thankfully, Lockley blends this style seamlessly throughout the rest of the narrative. I only wish that Lockley included more of Cosmus. He was always seemingly in Christopher's shadow. We also get too little of Christopher's Japan before he was captured. There were missed opportunities to discuss the specifics of 16th century Japan, in favor of general European exploration. I'm thankful for at least the epilogue in that regard. Still, I ended with four pages of notes and 348 pages really flew by! I'll definitely have to check out Lockley's biography of Yasuke soon! ( )