the samurai

  • the samurai
    the samurai
    By Linda M. Crate

    “They say to let go of your past, but I think that this is a mistake.

  • The Samurai: A Novel
    The Samurai: A Novel
    By Julia Kristeva

    Follows twenty-five years in the lives of Olga, a young woman from an Eastern European country, and her friends, a group of European intellectuals, modelled on some of the leading names in the field, as they move from Paris in the late ...

  • The Samurai: Japan's Noble Servant-Warriors
    The Samurai: Japan's Noble Servant-Warriors
    By Blake Hoena

    Samurai warriors are often thought of as stoic loners who wandered the land helping poor villagers fight against their oppressors. However, although a few Samurai worked alone, most of them considered it dishonourable.

  • The Samurai
    The Samurai
    By Shūsaku Endō

    Rokuemon Haskura, a low-ranking warrior, is chosen as one of a group of envoys to the Viceroy of Mexico and Pope Paul V, but by the time his delegation returns to Japan, a policy of isolation has been established

  • The Samurai: An Encyclopedia of Japan's Fiercest Warriors
    The Samurai: An Encyclopedia of Japan's Fiercest Warriors
    By Constantine Nomikos Vaporis

    This book provides detailed information about the samurai, beginning with a timeline and narrative historical overview of the samurai.

  • The Samurai: A Military History
    The Samurai: A Military History
    By Stephen R. Turnbull

    A comprehensive history of the feudal Japanese warrior class, covering their armor and weapons, code of conduct, tactics and strategies, mythology, role in Japan's history and traditions, and inevitable decline

  • The Samurai: Swords, Shoguns and Seppuku
    The Samurai: Swords, Shoguns and Seppuku
    By Ben Hubbard

    Samurai tells the story of the ensuing centuries-long struggle for power between the clans, as Japan’s martial elite rose and fell.

  • The Samurai
    The Samurai
    By Anthony J Bryant

    Perhaps the greatest warriors in history, the Samurai were a product of a social system totally geared to war. The Samurai became expert in fighting both on horseback and on the ground.

  • The Samurai: A Military History
    The Samurai: A Military History
    By Stephen Turnbull

    ... Anachronism in Japanese History . Stanford 1992 . McClatchie , T .: " The feudal mansions of Edo ' . TASJ , 7. 1876 . Japanese heraldry ' . TASJ , 5. 1876 . " The sword of ... Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan 274 The Samurai.

  • The Samurai
    The Samurai
    By Stephen Turnbull

    In this exciting new book, Stephen Turnbull, the world's leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were.

  • The Samurai: A Military History
    The Samurai: A Military History
    By Stephen Turnbull

    First published in 1977, The Samurai has long since become a standard work of reference. It continues to be the most authoritative work on samurai life and warfare published outside Japan.

  • The Samurai
    The Samurai
    By Anthony J Bryant

    Perhaps the greatest warriors in history, the Samurai were a product of a social system totally geared to war. The Samurai became expert in fighting both on horseback and on the ground.

  • The Samurai: A Novel
    The Samurai: A Novel
    By Shūsaku Endō

    ""Endo to my mind is one of the finest living novelists." --Graham Greene" ""In 1613, four low-ranking Japanese Samurai, accompanied by a Spanish priest, set sail for Mexico on an...