The Ronin\'s Mistress is a brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from Laura Joh Rowland--an author with "a painter\'s eye for the minutiae of court life and] a politician\'s ear for intrigue." -- The New York Times Book Review Japan, 1703.
Clearly this was an act of revenge--but why did they wait so.
On a snowy night, 47 warriors murder the man at the center of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless ronin two years before.
The Ronin\'s Mistress is a brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from Laura Joh Rowland--an author with "a painter\'s eye for the minutiae of court life and] a politician\'s ear for intrigue." -- The New York Times Book Review Japan, 1703