The Shogun's Queen

<p>The year is 1853 and a young Japanese girl&#146;s world is about to be turned upside down.<br><br>When black ships carrying barbarians arrive on the shores of Japan the Satsuma clan&#146;s way of life is threatened. But it&#146;s not just the samurai who must come together to fight: the beautiful headstrong Okatsu is also given a new destiny by her feudal lord &#150; to save the realm.<br><br>Armed only with a new name Princess Atsu as she is now known journeys to the women&#146;s palace of Edo Castle a place so secret it cannot be marked on any map. Behind the palace&#146;s immaculate fa&#231;ade amid rumours of murder and whispers of ghosts Atsu must uncover the secret of the man whose fate it seems is irrevocably linked to hers &#150; the shogun himself &#150; if she is to rescue her people . . .</p>