All she had weretheories. CHAPTER 12They paged through Josh,s private thoughts with Phil Collins singingsomething melancholy in the background. He shook off her concern. Her agent had two words for the scoop-Aollar signs.
Down to that time the Buddhist doctrine preached in Japan had been ofa very dispiriting nature. It was mainly through Nakamaro'sinfluence that Junnin had been crowned six years previously, and hisMajesty naturally made no secret of his aversion for the newfavourite. The fairgrounds was thecreepiest place in the world this time of year, when all the oldbuildings stood dark and empty and the wind howled around them. )In August, 758, the Empress, after a reign of four years, nominallyabdicated in favour of the Crown Prince, Junnin, but continued todischarge all the functions of government herself.
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