Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
by:
Donald Keene (author)
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9780231518116
Publish date: June 1st 2010
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Pages no: 928
Edition language: English
Quite uncharacteristically I was unable to finish this biography. As I recall (and it's been several years) I couldn't get past about page 150. It wasn't that the subject matter wasn't fascinating; the problem was that Keene has no sense of priority. The book is loaded down with far too much detail ...
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