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Taylor & Francis Ltd Clouds Above The Hill A Historical Novel Of The Russo Japanese War Vol 4 (Hb 2014) by Shiba Ryotaro , Edited by Phyllis Birnbaum
Clouds above the Hill is the best-selling novel ever in Japan, and is now translated into English for the first time. An epic portrait of Japan in crisis, it combines graphic military history and highly readable fiction to depict an aspiring nation modernizing at breakneck speed. Best-selling author Shiba Ryotaro devoted an entire decade of his life to this extraordinary blockbuster, which features Japan's emerging onto the world stage by the early years of the 20th century.