The Shogun's Daughter

This Halcyon Classics ebook is THE SHOGUN'S DAUGHTER by Robert Ames Bennett. Set in Japan prior to its opening to the West by Commodore Perry in 1854 a young American ventures into the forbidden country and falls in love with a beautiful young woman the daughter of a powerful Shogun. The story leads one into bewildering intricacies of Japanese customs and politics as the hero risks life and limb to win the heart of his love.. Robert Ames Bennett (1870-1954) was an American writer of adventure and western novels. The son of the first congressional delegate from Colorado Bennett focused the early part of his career on writing westerns publishing several popular novels between 1910 and 1928. Three of his westerns were made into films. After the popularity of westerns began to wane Bennett began to publish science fiction.