Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair.
Across the nightingale floor blurb.
I loved my inner picture of how takeo was view spoiler dancing elegantly over the nightingale floor hide spoiler.
A tour de force novel set in ancient japan filled with passion fantasy and feuding warlords.
Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it.
The first volume in the highly anticipated tales of the otori trilogy.
An international bestseller across the nightingale floor is the first book in the tales of the otori series by lian hearn don t miss the related series the tale of shikanoko.
Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn 336pp macmillan 12 99.
Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn publisher.
Across the nightingale floor is set in a fictional world based on japan during the sengoku period and follows the story of a sixteen year old boy named tomasu and fifteen year old girl named kaede.
Tomasu a member of the hidden by birth returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered.
Across the nightingale floor blurb.
In his black walled fortress at inuyama the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor.
September 12 2003 blurb amazon.
The magic of enhanced senses was beautiful and very appropriate to the setting.
An ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins.
A society of rigid castes and codes subverted by love.