The Chronicles of the Maple and Cherry Tree Book 3 - Shadow of the Shogun

Hiinahime, the girl with the Noh mask, finally leaves the house where she was locked up since childhood and, after a long journey in the middle of winter, Kyōto arrives. Who are they taking her to with so many precautions? Hunted because she is not Japanese, thirsty for freedom, Hiinahime is determined to clarify the mystery of her identity, and to find Ichirō, the boy who turned her life upside down. But the threatening shadow of the shōgun always looms over her... The third volume of a gripping tetralogy that mixes adventures and the search for identity, friendships and betrayals, in 17th century Japan.

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