• Shogun: The Real First English Samurai

  • May 16 2024
  • Length: 32 mins
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Shogun: The Real First English Samurai

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  • The acclaimed TV series Shogun, now screening on Disney+, is based on true events. Its main character John Blackthorne is modelled on William Adams, the English pilot of a Dutch ship that arrived on Japanese shores in 1600 with a handful of survivors.


    In this episode of Not Just the Tudors - suggested by listener Lucy Canning - Professor Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more about the real history behind Shogun with Giles Milton, best-selling author of Samurai William: The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan.


    This episode was edited by Ella Blaxill produced by Rob Weinberg.


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