"A fine successor to [Milton's] bestseller, Nathaniel's Nutmeg. Not only does he tell the fascinating and little-known story of William Adams, but he sets it in its multifaceted historical context in a highly accessible manner. The book is therefore more than a readable populist history about the Westerner in the Orient : it is a glimpse into a bygone age of trade, war and cultural collision."
--- Martin Booth, Literary Review

"Giles Milton has once again shown himself to be a mater of historical narrative. The story of William Adams is a gripping tale of Jacobean derring-do, a fizzing, real-life, Boy's Own adventure underpinned by genuine scholarship."
--- Kate Hickman, The Sunday Times