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Wofano Wotanto
Hero
Yes, ages ago. It's not really a direct sequel, and being set in the 1860s it's hugely removed from the 16th century Shogun novel. Even using the series chronology it's two books from Shogun, with Tai-Pan sitting between them in the 1840s. Tai-Pan and Gai-Jin have the most direct continuity (and smallest time skip) between books in the overall series, although Gai-Jin arguably does the most to connect Shogun's plot to the rest fictional Struan trading house history that (I'm told) weaves through the rest of the books. I never did get around to King Rat or Whirlwind, and didn't enjoy any of the series as much as Shogun, which can safely be read as its own stand-alone without really missing anything IMO.
wicked cool
Hero
Excellent so far!
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Historical implausibility in the last episode: In 1600 the vast majority of British Sailors did not know how to swim.
This one does.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Which was why I said implausible, not impossible. Explaining his swimming would be a whole backstory. He claims to be from London, but if he had tried to swim in the Thames he would have died from a vast range of horrible diseases.
Sounds fascinating. I'm glad they left that particular backstory out.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
Would have been more interesting (and less white saviour-ish) if he had had to explain that he didn’t know how to swim.
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