1979 The Samurai: A Military History

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Second impression, first printed in 1977. Illustrated with twenty-seven colour plates and one hundred and twenty in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive military history of the legendary Samurai of old Japan, with chapters on Gods and heroes, the Gempei War, the fall of the House of Taira, acts of loyalty, and Hideyoshi's Korean War, amongst other subjects. Written by Stephen Richard Turnbull, a British historian concentrating on Japanese military history, especially the samurai period. He has worked as a historical consultant for the film 47 Ronin, as well multiple television documentaries, and the Shogun: Total War series of video games.