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050 00 $aPR6104.O89$bA37 2012
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100 1 $aDowner, Lesley.
245 10 $aAcross a bridge of dreams /$cLesley Downer.
260 $aLondon :$bBantam Press,$c2012.
300 $a443 p. :$bmap ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 441- 443).
520 $aIn the brave new Japan of the 1870s, Taka and Nobu meet as children and fall in love; but their relationship will test the limits of society. Taka is from the powerful southern Satsuma clan which now dominates the country, and her father, General Kitaoka, is a leader of the new government. Nobu, however, is from the northern Aizu clan, massacred by the Satsuma in the civil war. Defeated and reduced to poverty, his family has sworn revenge on the Satsuma. Many southern samurai become disillusioned with the new regime, which has deprived them of their swords, status and honour. Taka's father abruptly leaves Tokyo and returns to the southern island of Kyushu, where trouble is brewing. When he and his clansmen rise in rebellion, the government sends its newly-created army to put them down. Nobu and his brothers have joined this army, and his brothers now see their chance of revenge on the Satsuma. But Nobu will have to fight and maybe kill Taka's father and brothers, while Taka now has to make a terrible choice between her family and the man she loves.
650 0 $aSamurai$zJapan$vFiction.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zJapan$vFiction.
650 0 $aFirst loves$zJapan$vFiction.
651 0 $aJapan$xHistory$y19th century$vFiction.
655 0 $aHistorical fiction.