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TITLE:
Samurai rising : the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune / Pamela S. Turner ; illustrated by Gareth Hinds.
Pub Date:
[2016]
ISBN:
9781580895842
Description:
xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Abstract:
Child exile. Teenage runaway. Military genius. Immortal hero. Yoshitsune had little going for him. Exiled to a monastery, he had no money, no allies, and no martial training. He was not big or strong or good-looking. His only assets were brains, ambition, and a dream. But childhood dreams can change history. Yoshitsune escaped at the age of fifteen. Blow by painful blow, he learned the art of the sword. Fall after bruising fall, he mastered mounted archery. He joined Yoritomo, his half-brother, in an uprising against the most powerful samurai in Japan. This is a story of insane courage and daring feats, bitter rivalry and fatal love. Samurai Rising, based on one of the great works of Japanese history and literature, takes a look, clear-eyed and very modern, at the way of the samurai; and at the man who became the most famous samurai of all.
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