A Brief History of Japan MD26 and blessedly reliable' - Nigella

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A Brief History of Japan MD26 and blessedly reliable' - NigellaThis fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self imposed seclusion. First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary faraway land defended by a fearsome Kamikaze storm and ruled by a divine sovereign. It was the terminus of the Silk Road,