The Emperors General, James Webb
The Emperors General, James Webb
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The Emperor's General

Author: James Webb

Narrator: David Dukes

Abridged: 6 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2000


Synopsis

Captain Jay Marsh had never questioned where his ultimate loyalty lay. He had witnessed the bloody horror left behind by the retreating Japanese army during World War II's final days. And he had abandoned his beautiful Filipina fiancée to see his duty through.

But not even Marsh could guess the terrible personal price he would have to pay for his loyalty. He would follow General Douglas MacArthur to Tokyo itself. There he would become the brilliant, egocentric general's confidant, translator, surrogate son--and spy.

Marsh would play a dangerous game of deliberate deceit and brutal injustice in the shadow world of postwar Japan's royal palaces and geisha houses, and recognize that the defeated emperor and his wily aides were exploiting MacArthur's ruthless ambition to become the American Caesar. The Emperor's General is a dramatic human story of the loss of innocence and the seduction of power, about the conflict between honor, duty, and love, all set against an extraordinary historical backdrop.

About The Author

James Webb, combat marine and author of four bestselling novels, is an attorney and Emmy Award-winning journalist who has served as secretary of the navy, assistant secretary of defense, and full committee counsel to the U.S. Congrese. He lives in Virginia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

Great historical fiction focusing on the American occupation of Japan following WWII. Written by former Sen. James Webb ( of Virginia), it was published in 1999. I read it not long after it came out and I enjoyed rereading it. What has interested me the most about postwar history concerning Japan i......more

Goodreads review by S.

The Emperor's General, published in 1999, by Sen. Jim Webb is a great novel. More on that, but first a few words about the Senator. Jim Webb was on the podium, debating for the Democratic nomination for President a couple month's ago with Hillary, Bernie and the other guy. I was hoping that all of th......more


Quotes

"A rich, sweeping epic of a novel...an absolute winner."
--Nelson DeMille

"Powerfully compelling and moving...historical fiction of a high order...hypnotic storytelling...mesmerizing."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"This compelling, fascinating exercise of historical fiction proves, again, that Jim Webb is as fine a novelist as he was a Marine. Enough said."
--George F. Will

"James Webb offers it all...a page-turning tour de force that examines our morality and makes us question what we ourselves would have done."
--Nicholas Sparks, author of The Notebook and Message in a Bottle