Samurai
The Last Warrior
(Sprache: Englisch)
The extraordinary story of the warrior Saigo Takamori, whose death marked the end of the Samurai era.
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The extraordinary story of the warrior Saigo Takamori, whose death marked the end of the Samurai era.
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The name 'Samurai' is synonymous with the ultimate warrior. With their elaborate armour, fierce swordsmanship and code of honour, the samurai have become iconic figures whose influence can still be felt today . From Kurosawa's epic Seven Samurai to the figure of Darth Vader in Star Wars, to Manga comics and video games, the figure of the fighting samurai still inspires us today. In John Man's new book we discover the truth behind the legend.From his birth in the shadow of the great volcano Sakurajima, to his glorious death by ritual suicide and disembowelment, Saigo Takamori was the ultimate Samurai leader. His fall brought about the end of hundreds of years of Samurai tradition and in many ways marks the birth of modern Japan. Saigo was a man trapped by paradox: a faithful servant to the emperor, and yet a leader of rebel troops; a mighty Samurai warrior, and also a master of Chinese poetry. His life, and ultimately his death, offer a window into the hundreds of years of culture and tradition that defined the samurai.
Autoren-Porträt von John Man
John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. After reading German and French at Oxford he did two postgraduate courses, one in the history of science at Oxford, the other in Mongolian at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.John has written acclaimed and highly successful biographies of Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun and Kublai Khan as well as Alpha Beta, on the history of the alphabet, and The Gutenberg Revolution, on the invention of printing.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John Man
- 2012, 400 Seiten, 16 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 13,4 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Bantam Books
- ISBN-10: 0553825283
- ISBN-13: 9780553825282
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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