# The Blade of the Courtesans

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- Book: [The Blade of the Courtesans](https://www.bookquiver.com/keiichiro-ryu/the-blade-of-the-courtesans) ([The Blade of the Courtesans.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/keiichiro-ryu/the-blade-of-the-courtesans.md))
- Authors: [Keiichirō Ryū](https://www.bookquiver.com/keiichiro-ryu)
- Publisher: vertical
- ISBN: 978-19-3428-701-9
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2008-10-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

This Naoki Prize-nominated historical thriller marked the auspicious debut of late-blooming author Keichiro Ryu, who in five years made a name for himself as a master of period novels. In The Blade of...