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Lord of the golden fan

by Christopher Nicole

An historical novel of the life of Will Adams (1564–1620), an English adventurer who left Elizabethan Kent to voyage through Indonesia and become the first Englishman to visit Japan, where he became a Samurai after befriending Shogun Iyeyasu.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?