Tokyo Bay: A Novel of Japan
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In July 1853 a fleet of American warships appears off Japan, and the islanders, who have lived closed off from the world for more than two centuries, are thrown into alarm. Commodore Perry has been sent to open Japan to American trade, by force if needed. Robert Eden, a young naval lieutenant from New England, sees that his country's ambitions will bring a bloody clash with the samurai. He leaves his ship to work for peace and finds himself among fierce warriors, geisha and a frightened population who regard the foreigners as monsters. Caught between two proud cultures, he tries to build understanding, though his own survival is uncertain.
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