The Samurai

by Stephen Turnbull

208 pages, Unknown Binding

About the author

Stephen Richard Turnbull is British a historian specializing in eastern military history, especially the samurai of Japan. His books are mainly on Japanese and Mongolian subjects. He attended Cambridge University where he gained his first degree. He currently holds an MA in Theology, MA in Military History and a PhD from the University of Leeds where he is currently a lecturer in Far Eastern Religions. He has also written a number of books on other medieval topics. He is semi-retired but still holds the post of Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies at Akita International University in Japan.

Reviews

[Kjǫlsigʀ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A worthwhile examination of a moment in history whose purity of ideal illumines the continuing after-image of the eternal.

[Dann Zinke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had some good info that I didn't know before