Samurai: The Japanese Warrior's Manual

Now available in paperback, Samurai combines the latest research with descriptions of contemporary lives and historical reconstructions to provide a dramatic picture of what it was like to be an elite Japanese warrior.

It is 1615, and the samurai, Japan’s elite fighting class, are at the zenith of their powers. Trained in every manner of combat, from sword-fighting and archery to karate and jujitsu, the samurai warrior is the emperor’s last line of defense against the barbarians of Japan and...