“Breathtaking … Intriguing … It reminds us that the Japanese regard eroticism as an art, a skill as cultivated as flower arranging and pouring tea.”
—Boston Sunday Herald
“A riveting tale of revenge and adventure … Captivating … Meticulously researched. The colorful, complex traditions and culture of feudal Japan are detailed and provide a backdrop for a memorable tale of family honor lost and regained.”
—The Pittsburgh Press
“Lucia St. Clair Robson, who has captured a loyal following with her American historical novels, now turns her considerable talents to an actual incident in Japan in this absorbing novel … . Robson has added her special creativity to her superbly detailed research and has written an unforgettable novel.”
—Rocky Mountain News
“The T
kaid Road is an engrossing novel. Its main characters are complex and believable; its minor characters offer wonderful insights into feudal Japan. Most astonishing is Lucia St. Clair Robson’s grasp of detailed aspects of life in the early Tokugawa Period. A Canterbury Tales backdrop to an Eye of the Needle suspense story. I read it in one sitting!”
kaid Road is an engrossing novel. Its main characters are complex and believable; its minor characters offer wonderful insights into feudal Japan. Most astonishing is Lucia St. Clair Robson’s grasp of detailed aspects of life in the early Tokugawa Period. A Canterbury Tales backdrop to an Eye of the Needle suspense story. I read it in one sitting!”—Robert Oxnam, President of the Asia Society and author of Cinnabar and A Fractured Mind
“A sumptuous, extravagant, and exotic sensual feast … A sweeping tale of vengeance, mystery, adventure, intrigue, and love set in early eighteenth- century Japan … . Filled with a myriad of accurate and colorful historical details, The Tkaid Road is a lush picturesque read. Readers will feel as if they have been steeped in Japanese tradition, language, and poetry … . Masterful.”
kaid Road is a lush picturesque read. Readers will feel as if they have been steeped in Japanese tradition, language, and poetry … . Masterful.”—Rave Reviews
“A richly detailed saga … The experience of the road, with its quixotic encounters, exquisite verbal images and vibrant sights, and sounds and smells, grows almost as significant as the journey’s goal—making this a charming, unusually memorable adventure. Earthy, humorous, lively—and a veritable encyclopedia of the ways of old Japan.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Replete with hand-to-hand battles, rooftop chases, and perilous escapes, their adventures are also rich in details of customs, attire, ritual, and terrain, punctuated with poetry. This depiction of an era commands interest. Recommended.”
—Library Journal