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Using information gleaned from decades of research, photographs and illustrations from his own photo library, world-leading samurai expert Stephen Turnbull details the background, planning, and execution of this incredible raid.

About the Author

Stephen Turnbull is widely recognised as the world’s leading English language authority on the samurai of Japan. He took his first degree at Cambridge and has two MAs (in Theology and Military History) and a PhD from Leeds University. He is now retired and pursues an active literary career, having now published 85 books. His expertise has helped with numerous projects including films, television and the award-winning strategy game Shogun Total War.