BOOK REVIEW
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The Thames and I by Crown Prince Naruhito
Asia Times Online ::
...Crown Prince Naruhito's memoir of his time at Oxford University between 1983 and 1985 such a compelling read. ..
...the intrepid prince struggles to make sense of the alien world he now inhabits. Of his maiden Oxford drinking foray he notes: "I wondered what sort of a strange place I had come to ... I can still remember that it was at this moment sitting in the midst of the aroma of the beer and watching the forms and gestures of the students in the gloom that I realized I was in Oxford so far away across the sea." (p 26) To ease the transition into this bewildering realm, he assumes a new name, explaining, "I thought that 'Hiro' was much easier for people to remember than Naruhito."
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