村上海賊の娘
Author: 和田竜 (Wada Ryou)
Summary
Japanese
(Source: 村上海賊の娘 - Wikipedia)
主人公・景（きょう）は、戦国時代に瀬戸内海を席巻した村上水軍の当主・村上武吉の娘である。景は、軍船に乗り瀬戸内の海で狼藉を働く者を成敗したり、男勝りの活躍をする。ある日、毛利家から信長に追い詰められ窮地に陥った本願寺を救うため、物資を輸送してほしいという依頼が来る。村上水軍は毛利方に加勢することを決め、景も戦いに身を投じていく。
(Source: Amazon)
時は戦国。乱世にその名を轟かせた海賊衆がいた。村上海賊――。瀬戸内海の島々に根を張り、強勢を誇る当主の村上武吉。彼の剛勇と荒々しさを引き継いだのは、娘の景（きょう）だった。海賊働きに明け暮れ、地元では嫁の貰い手のない悍婦（かんぷ）で醜女。この姫が合戦前夜の難波へ向かう時、物語の幕が開く――。本屋大賞、吉川英治文学新人賞ダブル受賞！ 木津川合戦の史実に基づく壮大な歴史巨編。
Length: 343 pages
Category: Fast
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Personal Opinion
A (Japanese) friend of mine recommended this to me. It is set in the Seto Inland Sea, has pirates and history, so what can possibly go wrong? 
Pros and Cons for the Book Club
Pros
- Pirates!
- Won the 本屋大賞 as well as the 吉川英治文学新人賞 and the 親鸞賞, plus the author won prizes with other books as well, so I expect the writing to be of decent quality.
Cons
- This is the first book of a series of 4, and I don’t know how well the first book can stand on its own.
- The contents might be complicated and confusing as it probably contains lots of historical details.
Preview
Please refer to the Bookwalker 試し読み where you can read quite a few pages.
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