Christ's Samurai
The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion
$50.74
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
12 April 2016
Summary
The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside their earthly allegiances and swear loyalty to a foreign god-emperor, before seeking paradise in terrible martyrdoms.
The cult was in open revolt, led, it was said, by a boy sorcerer. Farmers …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472137418 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472137418 |
| Author: | Jonathan Clements |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 156mm x 22mm |
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This is history writing at its best.– Fortean Times
A concise and lucid account of a unique period in Japan’s history * Japan Times *This is history writing at its best. * Fortean Times *Accessible and vivid … reads more like a novel than a work of history. – Katarzyna Kotas * japonia-online.pl *
About The Author
Jonathan Clements
Jonathan Clements is the author of many books on East Asian history, including biographies of Empress Wu, Admiral Togo, the statesman Prince Saionji and Coxinga, the Japanese-born ‘pirate king’. He divides his time between London, England and Jyvaskyla, Finland.
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