Lady Gracia: A Samurai Wife's Love, Strife, and Faith

Loyalty, loneliness, love, despair, revenge, religious persecution, conflagration and enlightenment...Lady Gracia is an extraordinary novel presenting a behind-the-scenes portrayal of samurai families in 16th century Japan. It focuses on Akechi Tama, later known as Gracia Hosokawa, daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide, gifted warlord and vassal of the famous Oda Nobunaga. Tama grows up questioning the way women are treated as mere chattels and strategic tools. In a world of loss, uncertainty and personal grief, she refuses to abandon her strong principles and the fundamental belief in human dignity inherited from her parents. Gradually she finds inspiration, consolation and compassion in the newly-introduced religion of Christianity. Featuring many historical figures, this is the moving and sensitive story of a woman of great principle who discovered faith amidst the mires of feudalism, told by one of Japan's most popular writers.