Samurai - The World of the Warrior Nat King Cole Finalist for the 2021 Epigram

Finalist for the 2021 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

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this Companion is designed to illuminate Shakespeare's works through discussion of the key topics of Shakespeare studies

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In Righteous Indignations

Samurai - The World of the Warrior Nat King Cole Finalist for the 2021 EpigramThe world of the samurai the legendary elite warrior cult of old Japan has for too long been associated solely with military history and has remained a mystery to the general reader. In this exciting new book, Stephen Turnbull, the world's leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were. Familiar topics such as the cult of suicide, ritualised revenge and the lore of the samurai sword